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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 8908: Relates to civil penalties imposed by the public service commission upon certain utility corporations

Passed both chambers 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 8908 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 14, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to civil penalties imposed by the public service commission upon certain utility corporations. Primary sponsor: Leroy Comrie (Democratic). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 4, 2026): RETURNED TO SENATE.

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 that any sanction or civil penalty imposed by the public service commission be returned to the rate payers by means of a direct bill credit, as soon as practically feasible or no later than ninety days.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican/Conservative 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Leroy ComriePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Peter OberackerCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate51
Steve RhoadsCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate5
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. RETURNED TO SENATE
  2. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  3. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.508
  4. SUBSTITUTED FOR A10422
  5. REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS
  6. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  7. PASSED SENATE
  8. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  9. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  10. 1ST REPORT CAL.635
  11. REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Sources

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