---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the affordable residential green building program"
description: "Relates to the affordable residential green building program; adds additional aspects to such program and requires the NYS energy research and development authority to furnish a report determining the benefits of providing new financial incentives for the construction of affordable residential green buildings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 8922"
citation: "New York A 8922 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ROSENTHAL L"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-08"
last_action: "2018-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb84aedf-cbe0-46f1-b7ba-5e4f89b27503"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A8922"
source_hash: "fd090700c7bf80d74f228b736d46f5f89ecf74c8bcb0591a6b781b145d1e0dee"
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 8922 (2017-2018) — Relates to the affordable residential green building program

Relates to the affordable residential green building program; adds additional aspects to such program and requires the NYS energy research and development authority to furnish a report determining the benefits of providing new financial incentives for the construction of affordable residential green buildings.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8922 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8922&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A8922 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A8922)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ROSENTHAL L — primary (person)
- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-08** REFERRED TO ENERGY `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-17** REPORTED
- **2018-04-19** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.751
- **2018-04-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-04-25** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-04-25** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7321
- **2018-06-13** 3RD READING CAL.49
- **2018-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-13** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-09-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-10-02** SIGNED CHAP.311 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb84aedf-cbe0-46f1-b7ba-5e4f89b27503`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).