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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 8935: Relates to requiring detailed billing for utilities and requiring utility providers to attend local municipal meetings to present proposed rate or charge increases

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

S 8935 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 16, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to requiring detailed billing for utilities and requiring utility providers to attend local municipal meetings to present proposed rate or charge increases. Primary sponsor: Peter Oberacker (Republican/Conservative). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (January 16, 2026): REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

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 detailed billing for utilities and requiring utility providers to attend local municipal meetings to present proposed rate or charge increases.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican/Conservative 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Peter OberackerPrimary sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate51
Steve ChanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate17

“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 AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Sources

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