New York A 8174: Increases the number of commissioners of the public service commission

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A08174 Summary:

BILL NOA08174A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRozic

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COSPNSRShrestha, Shimsky, Burdick, Jackson

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd 4 & 9, Pub Serv L

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Relates to the members of the public service commission; prohibits commissioners from having been employed within the last two years by an electric, gas, steam, telecommunications, or water utility that is regulated by the commission; requires that new appointments ensure that commissioners represent certain areas of education and training.

Go to top A08174 Actions:

BILL NOA08174A

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05/05/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

05/23/2025amend and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions

05/23/2025print number 8174a

05/28/2025reported referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

03/30/2026enacting clause stricken

Go to topA08174 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS Chair:Braunstein 
DATE:05/28/2025AYE/NAY:18/7 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes BraunsteinAyeLemondesNay

CookAyeBlankenbushNay

OtisAyeFriendNay

RozicAyePalmesanoNay

KimAyeAngelinoNay

DilanAyeJensenNay

Pheffer AmatoAyeBlumencranzAye

CarrollAyeBaileyNay

FallExcused

Gonzalez-RojasAye

ZinermanAye

TapiaAye

JacobsonAye

BoresAye

ShimskyAye

SimoneAye

ConradAye

LasherAye

Go to topA08174 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA08174 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8174--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 5, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, SHRESTHA, SHIMSKY, BURDICK, JACKSON --
 read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities
 and Commissions -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to the commissioners
 of the public service commission

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 4 of the public service law, as amended by chapter
 2 155 of the laws of 1970, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 594 of the
 3 laws of 2021, and subdivision 4 as added by chapter 584 of the laws of
 4 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 5 § 4. The public service commission. 1. There shall be in the depart-
 6 ment of public service a public service commission, which shall possess
 7 the powers and duties hereinafter specified, and also all powers neces-
 8 sary or proper to enable it to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
 9 The commission shall consist of five members, to be appointed by the
 10 governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. A commis-
 11 sioner shall be designated as [chairman] chairperson of the commission
 12 by the governor to serve in such capacity at the pleasure of the gover-
 13 nor or until [his] their term as commissioner expires whichever first
 14 occurs. At least [one commissioner] two commissioners shall have experi-
 15 ence in utility consumer advocacy. For each new commissioner, the gover-
 16 nor shall make appointments to reasonably ensure that the commissioners
 17 represent the maximum number of fields specified in subdivision four of
 18 this section. No more than three commissioners may be members of the
 19 same political party unless, pursuant to action taken under subdivision
 20 two of this section, the number of commissioners shall exceed five, and
 21 in such event no more than four commissioners may be members of the same
 22 political party.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11584-02-5

 A. 8174--A 2

 1 2. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section, whenever the
 2 commission shall certify to the governor that additional commissioners
 3 are needed for the proper disposition of the business before it, the
 4 governor may increase the membership of the commission to seven members
 5 by appointing two additional commissioners by and with the advice and
 6 consent of the senate. The terms of office of such additional commis-
 7 sioners and the filling of vacancies during such terms shall be governed
 8 by subdivision three of this section