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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority to develop a clean energy outreach and community planning program"
+description: "Authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority to develop a clean energy outreach and community planning program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "S 2956"
+citation: "New York S 2956 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Hinchey"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-01-26"
+last_action: "2023-12-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50184c8d-4d28-42de-81a5-95182644a527"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S2956"
+source_hash: "3234a23a4d7d0b613122210514ebe4f0642c3a8fcb942dd67bade40ff481cedd"
+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 S 2956 (2023-2024) — Authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority to develop a clean energy outreach and community planning program
+
+Authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority to develop a clean energy outreach and community planning program.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S2956** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2956&term=2023&Text=Y)
+2. **S2956A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S2956A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **141–8** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **45–17** (pass) · upper
+- Rules Vote - Version: A — **17–4** (pass) · upper
+- Energy And Telecommunications Vote - Version: A — **8–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Michelle Hinchey — primary (person)
+- Iwen Chu — cosponsor (person)
+- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-26** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-12** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-12** PRINT NUMBER 2956A `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-04-25** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-01** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1468
+- **2023-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2023-06-06** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2023-06-06** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2888A
+- **2023-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.131
+- **2023-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2023-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2023-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.759 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.81
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50184c8d-4d28-42de-81a5-95182644a527`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+