---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the discontinuation of utility service to residential customers"
description: "Relates to the discontinuation of utility service to residential customers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 2451"
citation: "New York A 2451 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SIMOTAS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2018-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffb53912-eeb8-4b77-b3ac-c371b4334be1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A2451"
source_hash: "2139b92afd62337e78dd87733c750752b68a0dac20d6486a2caedd68f513e8e5"
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 2451 (2017-2018) — Relates to the discontinuation of utility service to residential customers

Relates to the discontinuation of utility service to residential customers.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A2451 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2451&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A2451 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A2451)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **129–1** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SIMOTAS — primary (person)
- BARRON — cosponsor (person)
- CAHILL — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-20** REFERRED TO ENERGY `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** REPORTED
- **2017-03-02** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.100
- **2017-03-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-03-07** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-03-07** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** DIED IN SENATE
- **2018-01-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-01-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.194
- **2018-02-27** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-02-27** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-02-27** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3644
- **2018-06-14** 3RD READING CAL.1787
- **2018-06-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-14** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-08-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-24** SIGNED CHAP.213 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffb53912-eeb8-4b77-b3ac-c371b4334be1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).