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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 1966: Requires social services districts to automatically re-enroll eligible persons or households for the low-income home energy assistance program

Passed one chamber 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

S 1966 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires social services districts to automatically re-enroll eligible persons or households for the low-income home energy assistance program. Primary sponsor: Chris Ryan (Democratic). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 16, 2026): REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES.

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.

Requires social services districts to, every heating season, automatically re-enroll persons or households currently receiving assistance through the low-income home energy assistance program, so long as each person or household maintains eligibility.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Democratic/Working Families 1 · Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Chris RyanPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate50
Jake AshbyCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate43
Siela BynoeCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Dean MurrayCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate3
Peter OberackerCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate51
Rob RolisonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate39
Lea WebbCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52
Jeremy ZellnerCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate61

“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 SOCIAL SERVICES
  2. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.686
  5. COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
  6. REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES
  7. RETURNED TO SENATE
  8. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  9. REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES
  10. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  11. PASSED SENATE
  12. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.148

Showing 12 most recent of 14 actions. Full history

Sources

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