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A 8877: Requires a fiscal note when a bill enacts or amends a law impacting the cost of utility services.
What A 8877 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to establish fiscal notes on bills that affect the costs of utility services for ratepayers. The fiscal notes will provide an estimated annual cost to affected ratepayers and the source of the estimate. This requirement applies to bills that enact or amend provisions of law related to utility services. The bill takes effect immediately, and it requires all such bills to include these fiscal notes.
Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to governmental operations (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 8877
- What is the current status of A 8877?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 8877 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to governmental operations".
- Did A 8877 pass?
- Not yet. A 8877 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 8877, and where is it now?
- A 8877 was authored by Asm. Robert Smullen. Its committee of record is Assembly Governmental Operations.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to governmental operations |
| Jun. 09, 2025 | referred to governmental operations |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, June 9, 2025 · 224 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8877 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SMULLEN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to establishing a fiscal note on bills affecting ratepayers' costs for utility services The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 52-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 52-a. Requirements with respect to bills affecting ratepayers' costs 4 for utility services. 1. For purposes of this section the term "ratepay- 5 er" means any person paying an electric corporation, a gas corporation, 6 a combination gas or electric corporation or a municipality for supply 7 utility services. 8 2. A bill which enacts or amends any provision of law relating to or 9 impacting the cost of utility services on a ratepayer shall contain a 10 fiscal note stating the estimated annual cost to the affected ratepayers 11 and the source of such estimate. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13144-01-5
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