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legislation/us/states/ny/2023-2024/a-8531.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to emergency response plans relating to downed wires"
+description: "Relates to emergency response plans relating to the notification of location of downed wires from a municipal emergency official and to plans to prioritize the securing of downed wires over routine maintenance or other work unrelated to a response to an emergency event."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "A 8531"
+citation: "New York A 8531 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Nader Sayegh"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-05"
+last_action: "2024-02-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be232911-0e7b-4d2c-9f82-388b35fa2fa0"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8531"
+source_hash: "7c1f1126b8b452310fbb623b827cc6a2e0b3255fbb22acfef7c32e1918b8986b"
+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 8531 (2023-2024) — Relates to emergency response plans relating to downed wires
+
+Relates to emergency response plans relating to the notification of location of downed wires from a municipal emergency official and to plans to prioritize the securing of downed wires over routine maintenance or other work unrelated to a response to an emergency event.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A8531** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8531&term=2023&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **146–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Nader Sayegh — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-05** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-17** REPORTED
+- **2024-01-18** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.247
+- **2024-01-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2024-01-23** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2024-01-23** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-24** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8034
+- **2024-01-24** 3RD READING CAL.34
+- **2024-01-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2024-01-24** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-02-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-02-07** SIGNED CHAP.38 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be232911-0e7b-4d2c-9f82-388b35fa2fa0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+