New York S 8601: Relates to requiring municipalities, authorities and agencies to obtain liability insurance on each duly appointed police officer

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&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
S08601 Summary:

BILL NOS08601 

&nbsp

SAME ASSAME AS A10530

&nbsp

SPONSORMAY

&nbsp

COSPNSR

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Add §1886, Pub Auth L

&nbsp

Provides for reporting by utilities and owners of buildings meeting certain thresholds regarding energy consumption data; requires NYSERDA to create a list of buildings subject to such requirements; provides exemptions; requires public reporting on the information collected; makes related provisions.

Go to top S08601 Actions:

BILL NOS08601 

&nbsp

12/05/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Go to topS08601 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topS08601 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topS08601 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8601

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 December 5, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to enacting the
 "statewide building energy disclosure act"

 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 "statewide building energy disclosure act".
 3 § 2. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section
 4 1886 to read as follows:
 5 § 1886. Statewide building energy disclosure. 1. Definitions. For the
 6 purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following
 7 meanings:
 8 (a) "Building" means any structure in the state that consumes energy.
 9 (b) "Gross floor area" means the total floor area contained within a
 10 building, as determined pursuant to guidance by the authority.
 11 (c) "Large building" means any building with a gross floor area of
 12 twenty thousand square feet or greater.
 13 (d) "Covered building" means a large building included on the annual
 14 covered buildings list.
 15 (e) "Covered buildings list" means the list issued annually by the
 16 authority pursuant to subdivision two of this section.
 17 (f) "Building owner" means the person or entity listed on the covered
 18 buildings list as the responsible owner of a building.
 19 (g) "Energy usage" means:
 20 (i) for utilities, the amount of energy delivered to a covered build-
 21 ing during the prior calendar year.
 22 (ii) for building owners, all energy used at a covered building other
 23 than energy used under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, including but
 24 not limited to delivered fuels, onsite generation, and other non-metered
 25 sources.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14107-02-5

 S. 8601 2

 1 (h) "Utility" means any gas corporation or electric corporation, as
 2 such terms are defined by section two of the public service law, or any
 3 district steam corporation, or municipal utility authorized to deliver
 4 energy within the state.
 5 (i) "Reporting entity" means any third party designated by a building
 6 owner to submit required information.
 7 (j) "Campus" means a grouping of multiple buildings on contiguous
 8 parcels approved by the authority for combined reporting.
 9 2. Covered buildings list. (a) The authority shall issue an annual
 10 covered buildings list identifying each covered building, its street
 11 address, approximate gross floor area, primary use type, building owner
 12 and business address, and any other information the authority determines
 13 necessary.
 14 (b) The authority shall notify building owners of their inclusion in
 15 the covered buildings list. Failure to receive such notice shall not
 16 relieve an owner of compliance obligations under this section.
 17 (c) Newly constructed buildings shall be included in the covered
 18 buildings list beginning with the first reporting year following issu-
 19 ance of a certificate of occupancy.
 20 (d) A building owner may request that multiple buildings be designated
 21 and reported as a campus, subject to approval by the authority.
 22 3. Utility reporting. (a) The public service commission shall promul-
 23 gate regulations requiring utilities to provide annual building level