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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to redefining the term covered renewable energy system"
+description: "Redefines the term \"covered renewable energy system\" to mean a renewable energy system with a capacity of one or more megawatts alternating current."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "A 9598"
+citation: "New York A 9598 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["JOYNER"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-03-23"
+last_action: "2022-07-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05ffc71b-50da-444d-92e2-0d4c5159041b"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A9598"
+source_hash: "11a0acda8d3241bbe4253e6358f0fa9ad6e9e92f14e7c1e98d498057aa11469b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 9598 (2021-2022) — Relates to redefining the term covered renewable energy system
+
+Redefines the term "covered renewable energy system" to mean a renewable energy system with a capacity of one or more megawatts alternating current.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A9598** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9598&term=2021&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **119–26** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote — **57–4** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- JOYNER — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-03-23** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-29** REPORTED
+- **2022-03-31** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.516
+- **2022-05-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2022-05-05** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2022-05-05** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8648
+- **2022-05-25** 3RD READING CAL.1084
+- **2022-05-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2022-05-25** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2022-06-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-07-05** SIGNED CHAP.372 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05ffc71b-50da-444d-92e2-0d4c5159041b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+