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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 653: Prohibits municipal corporations from adopting local laws, ordinances, regulations, or policies that prohibit certain utility services from being delivered based on the type or source of energy

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 653 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Prohibits municipal corporations from adopting local laws, ordinances, regulations, or policies that prohibit certain utility services from being delivered based on the type or source of energy. Primary sponsor: Will Barclay (Republican). It lists 22 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Prohibits the governing board of a municipal corporation from adopting any law, ordinance, regulation or policy that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, the connection or reconnection of a utility service to a customer based upon the type or source of energy to be delivered to the customer.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 11 · Republican/Conservative 8 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Will BarclayPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse120
Joe AngelinoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse121
Andrea BaileyCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse133
Scott BendettCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse107
Ken BlankenbushCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse117
Paul BolognaCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse144
Karl BrabenecCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Joe DeStefanoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse3
Jeff GallahanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse131
Jarett GandolfoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse7
Jodi GiglioCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse2
Steve HawleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse139
John LemondesCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse126
Brian ManktelowCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse130
Brian MillerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse122
Andrew MolitorCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse150
Angelo MorinelloCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse145
Phil PalmesanoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse132
Matt SimpsonCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse114
Matt SlaterCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse94
Doug SmithCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Chris TagueCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse102
Mary Beth WalshCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse112

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
  2. REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source