---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires an annual report on appliance and equipment energy efficiency standards and resulting energy and utility bill savings"
description: "Requires an annual report on appliance and equipment energy efficiency standards and resulting energy and utility bill savings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 7779"
citation: "New York A 7779 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["FAHY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-20"
last_action: "2019-12-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4cc80e9-35f7-4064-9927-70b8ac8a4fa8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A7779"
source_hash: "3c61d6c92ae3801e44930c86ee751116a9583200b8465130ddfe37a61b79e0b3"
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 7779 (2019-2020) — Requires an annual report on appliance and equipment energy efficiency standards and resulting energy and utility bill savings

Requires an annual report on appliance and equipment energy efficiency standards and resulting energy and utility bill savings.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7779** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7779&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **46–16** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- FAHY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-20** REFERRED TO ENERGY `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** REPORTED
- **2019-06-12** RULES REPORT CAL.194
- **2019-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.194
- **2019-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-17** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-17** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5866
- **2019-06-17** 3RD READING CAL.908
- **2019-06-17** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-17** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-16** SIGNED CHAP.666 `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-16** APPROVAL MEMO.53

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4cc80e9-35f7-4064-9927-70b8ac8a4fa8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).