---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to public notice before approval of utility transmission facilities"
description: "Relates to public notice before approval of utility transmission facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 2040"
citation: "New York S 2040 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LAVALLE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ff95716-66d0-4b57-97ef-385781fd0cbe"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S2040"
source_hash: "54f4cbbfaf53b8d0ffcdf843b51b79036cd4d76b5216cbfc76282c8ba85f3424"
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 S 2040 (2019-2020) — Relates to public notice before approval of utility transmission facilities

Relates to public notice before approval of utility transmission facilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **S2040** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2040&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LAVALLE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.42
- **2019-02-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-02-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-02-11** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4311
- **2019-02-28** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.65
- **2019-02-28** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-02-28** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-08-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-29** SIGNED CHAP.201 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ff95716-66d0-4b57-97ef-385781fd0cbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).