New York S 9263: Requires utilities accept public assistance payments

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S09263 Summary:

BILL NOS09263A

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SAME ASSAME AS A10160-A

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §32, Pub Serv L

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Requires utilities accept public assistance payments including payments from the home energy assistance programs and emergency funding programs.

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BILL NOS09263A

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02/19/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

03/30/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

03/30/2026PRINT NUMBER 9263A

06/03/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/03/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1651

06/03/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A10160A

&nbspA10160 AMEND=A Burdick

&nbsp02/12/2026referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

&nbsp03/24/2026reported 

&nbsp03/26/2026advanced to third reading cal.336

&nbsp03/30/2026amended on third reading 10160a

&nbsp04/29/2026passed assembly

&nbsp04/29/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp04/29/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

&nbsp06/03/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S9263A

&nbsp06/03/20263RD READING CAL.1651

&nbsp06/03/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/03/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9263--A

 IN SENATE

 February 19, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
 cations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring public
 assistance payments for residential gas and electric service are
 accepted and credited by utilities

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

 1 Section 1. Short Title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 "the HEFPA Protection Act".
 3 § 2. Section 32 of the public service law is amended by adding a new
 4 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
 5 7. A gas or electric corporation shall accept and credit any public
 6 assistance payment tendered on behalf of a residential customer by a
 7 social services district or the office of temporary and disability
 8 assistance, including but not limited to payments made pursuant to the
 9 home energy assistance program as established in section ninety-seven of
 10 the social services law, and emergency funding from programs as estab-
 11 lished in section one hundred thirty-one-s of the social services law.
 12 Upon receipt of such payment or notice that such payment has been
 13 authorized and will be issued, a gas or electric corporation shall treat
 14 the payment as made for all purposes under this section, including
 15 restoration of residential utility service, and satisfaction of other
 16 forms of collections activity, regardless of the status of the custom-
 17 er's account. Where such payment does not fully satisfy arrears, a gas
 18 or electric corporation shall encourage the customer to apply for any
 19 additional public assistance programs they may be eligible for and, upon
 20 exhaustion of such program applications and if such customer is other-
 21 wise eligible, offer the residential customer a payment agreement for
 22 the remaining balance in accordance with section thirty-seven of this
 23 article.
 24 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14731-07-6

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