New York A 9297: Provides a host community benefit for customers in a host community where data centers are expanded or placed
Status: DELIVERED TO SENATE (as of 2026-05-18)
State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 9297
Sponsors: Yudelka Tapia, Grace Lee
Bill Text
Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly • • • • • • • • Skip to main content New York State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie --> --> --> • Assembly Members • Legislative Info • Public Hearings • Speaker's Press • Assembly Reports • Committees & More • Bill Search Home • Laws • Legislative Calendar • Public Hearing Schedule • Assembly Calendars • Assembly Committee Agenda Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. Bill No.: • Summary • Actions • Committee Votes • Floor Votes • Memo • Text • LFIN • Chamber Video/Transcript A09297 Summary: BILL NOA09297A   SAME ASSAME AS S10546   SPONSORTapia   COSPNSRLee   MLTSPNSR     Requires hyperscale data centers to offset their electricity demand by funding household electrification measures. Go to top A09297 Actions: BILL NOA09297A   12/10/2025referred to energy 01/07/2026referred to energy 04/21/2026amend (t) and recommit to energy 04/21/2026print number 9297a 04/28/2026reported 04/30/2026advanced to third reading cal.415 05/18/2026passed assembly 05/18/2026delivered to senate Go to topA09297 Committee Votes: Committee:ENERGY Chair:Barrett DATE:04/28/2026AYE/NAY:13/4 Action: Favorable BarrettAyeGrayNay SantabarbaraAyeBlankenbushNay DilanAyeManktelowNay SternAyePirozzoloAye AndersonAyeBolognaNay RiveraAye ConradAye LucasAye ShresthaAye ClarkAye DaisAye JacobsonAye Go to topA09297 Floor Votes: DATE:05/18/2026Assembly Vote YEA/NAY: 96/41Yes Alvarez Yes Carroll P No Friend Yes Lemondes Yes Pheffer Amato Yes Slater Yes Anderson Yes Carroll RC Yes Gallagher Yes Levenberg No Pirozzolo No Smith No Angelino Yes Cashman No Gallahan ER Lucas Yes Powers No Smullen No Bailey Yes Chandler-Waterm Yes Gandolfo Yes Lunsford Yes Pretlow Yes Solages No Barclay No Chang Yes Gibbs Yes Lupardo No Ra Yes Steck Yes Barrett Yes Chludzinski No Giglio Yes Magnarelli ER Raga Yes Stern No Beephan Yes Clark Yes Glick ER Maher Yes Rajkumar Yes Stirpe Yes Bendett Yes Colton ER Gonzalez-Rojas No Manktelow Yes Ramos No Tague Yes Benedetto Yes Conrad No Gray Yes McDonald No Reilly No Tannousis Yes Berger ER Cook Yes Griffin ER McDonough Yes Reyes Yes Tapia Yes ‡ Bichotte Hermel Yes Cruz No ‡ Hawley Yes McMahon Yes Rivera ER Taylor No Blankenbush Yes Cunningham Yes Hevesi Yes ‡ Meeks Yes Romero Yes Torres No Blumencranz Yes Dais Yes Hooks No ‡ Mikulin Yes Rosenthal ER Valdez No Bologna Yes Davila Yes Hunter No Miller Yes Rozic No Vanel ER Bores Yes De Los Santos Yes Hyndman Yes Mitaynes Yes Santabarbara Yes Walker No Brabenec No DeStefano Yes Jackson No Molitor ER Sayegh No Walsh Yes Braunstein Yes Dilan Yes Jacobson Yes ‡ Moreno Yes Schiavoni Yes Weprin Yes Bronson Yes Dinowitz No Jensen No Morinello Yes Seawright Yes Wieder No Brook-Krasny No ‡ DiPietro Yes Kassay No Norber No Sempolinski Yes Williams No Brown EA No Durso Yes Kay No Novakhov ER Septimo Yes Woerner No Brown K Yes Eachus Yes Kelles Yes O'Pharrow Yes Shimsky ER Wright Yes Burdick Yes Eichenstein Yes ‡ Kim Yes Otis Yes Shrestha Yes Yeger Yes Burke Yes Fall ER Lasher No Palmesano Yes Simon Yes Zaccaro Yes Burroughs No Fitzpatrick Yes Lavine Yes Paulin Yes Simone Yes Zinerman Yes ‡ Buttenschon Yes ‡ Forrest Yes Lee Yes Peoples-Stokes No Simpson Yes Mr. Speaker ‡ Indicates voting via videoconference Go to topA09297 Text: STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9297--A 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY December 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TAPIA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy -- recommitted to the Committee on Energy in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT in relation to requiring host community benefits The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Host community benefit. 1. Definitions. For the purposes 2 of this act, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 3 (a) "Data center" means all facilities, or a combination of facili- 4 ties, under common ownership at the same site, that receive service from 5 an elec
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