---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority to study significantly improving high-performance efficiency in commercial office buildings"
description: "Authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority to study significantly improving high-performance efficiency in commercial office buildings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 6255"
citation: "New York A 6255 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WALKER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-01"
last_action: "2018-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e0b8939-408c-459c-bb2d-466e800c6c07"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A6255"
source_hash: "fd99b4553ed408350933662953a0a6f34d88c959c5244915c61030017abfb820"
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 6255 (2017-2018) — Authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority to study significantly improving high-performance efficiency in commercial office buildings

Authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority to study significantly improving high-performance efficiency in commercial office buildings.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6255 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6255&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A6255 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A6255)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **136–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WALKER — primary (person)
- BLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- CARROLL — cosponsor (person)
- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- LENTOL — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
- VANEL — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-01** REFERRED TO ENERGY `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-15** REPORTED
- **2018-05-17** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.912
- **2018-05-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-05-22** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-05-22** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6160
- **2018-05-30** 3RD READING CAL.716
- **2018-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-04** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-09-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-10-01** SIGNED CHAP.297 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e0b8939-408c-459c-bb2d-466e800c6c07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).