New York S 1330: Relates to state contracts for landscape architecture

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S01330 Summary:

BILL NOS01330A

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SAME ASSAME AS A00168-A

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SPONSORPARKER

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COSPNSRFERNANDEZ, GOUNARDES, JACKSON, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §37-a, Pub Serv L

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Relates to requiring the establishment of automatic payment plans; requires utility companies headquartered in New York to establish a statewide program to provide eligible participants with affordable payment plans.

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BILL NOS01330A

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01/09/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/21/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

01/27/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.144

01/27/2025PASSED SENATE

01/27/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

01/27/2025referred to energy

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

03/23/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

03/23/2026PRINT NUMBER 1330A

06/03/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/03/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1608

06/03/2026PASSED SENATE

06/03/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1330--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, FERNANDEZ, GOUNARDES, JACKSON, WEBB -- read
 twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
 Committee on Energy and Telecommunications -- recommitted to the
 Committee on Energy and Telecommunications in accordance with Senate
 Rule 6, sec. 8 -- 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 the
 establishment of automatic payment plans

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

 1 Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section
 2 37-a to read as follows:
 3 § 37-a. Utility automatic payment plans. 1. Within one hundred eighty
 4 days of the effective date of this section, notwithstanding any other
 5 provision of law, the commission is authorized and directed to require
 6 utility companies to provide eligible participants with affordable
 7 payment plans. Utility companies shall automatically provide appropriate
 8 payment plans to qualifying low income individuals who provide documen-
 9 tation of their eligibility status. Enrollment shall be available at any
 10 time during the year. For the purposes of this section, "utility compa-
 11 ny" shall mean a utility company that provides electric, gas, or steam
 12 service.
 13 2. (a) A utility company which offers such a payment plan program
 14 shall conspicuously advertise the availability of such plan on the
 15 website of such utility company.
 16 (b) The commission shall also create a mechanism by which an individ-
 17 ual's documentation is submitted and reasonably and promptly reviewed by
 18 a utility company for qualification as proper documentation of the indi-
 19 vidual's eligibility status. Such mechanism shall also provide for elec-
 20 tronic submission of documentation.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00014-03-5

 S. 1330--A 2

 1 3. An individual or household shall be determined to be eligible for a
 2 payment plan if such individual or household provides documentation of
 3 eligibility for any of the following programs:
 4 (a) temporary assistance for needy families (family assistance);
 5 (b) safety net assistance (public assistance);
 6 (c) supplemental security income (SSI);
 7 (d) supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP);
 8 (e) veterans disability pension and survivors benefits;
 9 (f) child health plus;
 10 (g) lifeline;
 11 (h) home energy assistance program (HEAP);
 12 (i) direct vendor or utility guarantee;
 13 (j) social security disability insurance (SSDI);
 14 (k) Medicaid;
 15 (l) federal public housing assistance;
 16 (m) bureau of Indian affairs general assistance;
 17 (n) Head Start;
 18 (o) tribal TANF;
 19 (p) food distribution program on Indian reservation (FDPIR); and
 20 (q) any othe