---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes the electric vehicle charging tariff"
description: "Provides that each investor owned utility must file with the public service commission an electric vehicle charging tariff that allows a customer to purchase electricity solely for the purpose of recharging an electric vehicle; defines terms; makes related provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 288"
citation: "New York A 288 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PAULIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1aba763-baae-4249-b111-b6100ee75a85"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A288"
source_hash: "7155a2e7f1bb6d19c99b35a945cc7a30689c4338b4e0906350931f4b58fbacf0"
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 288 (2017-2018) — Establishes the electric vehicle charging tariff

Provides that each investor owned utility must file with the public service commission an electric vehicle charging tariff that allows a customer to purchase electricity solely for the purpose of recharging an electric vehicle; defines terms; makes related provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **A288 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A288&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A288 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A288)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **139–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- PAULIN — primary (person)
- BUCHWALD — cosponsor (person)
- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- GUNTHER — cosponsor (person)
- HARRIS — cosponsor (person)
- LIFTON — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)
- PEOPLES-STOKE — cosponsor (person)
- RAIA — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- SANTABARBARA — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- SIMOTAS — cosponsor (person)
- SKARTADOS — cosponsor (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
- WALKER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-05** REFERRED TO ENERGY `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** REPORTED
- **2017-05-11** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.312
- **2017-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-13** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-13** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3745
- **2017-06-21** 3RD READING CAL.507
- **2017-06-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-21** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-23** SIGNED CHAP.337 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1aba763-baae-4249-b111-b6100ee75a85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).