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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 9087: Enacts the community solar opportunity and local approval reform (Community SOLAR) act

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 9087 is a bill introduced in the New York House on September 12, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the community solar opportunity and local approval reform (Community SOLAR) act. Primary sponsor: Dana Levenberg (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO ENERGY.

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Official summary

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

Enacts the "community solar opportunity and local approval reform (Community SOLAR) act"; authorizes municipalities to establish standards for distributed generation energy facilities.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 7 · Democratic/Working Families 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dana LevenbergPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse95
Sarah ClarkCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse136
Brian CunninghamCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Jeffrey DinowitzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Alicia HyndmanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Ron KimCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Karines ReyesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse87
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Emérita TorresCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse85

“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 ENERGY
  2. REFERRED TO ENERGY

Sources

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