---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to issuing a moratorium on utility termination of services during periods of pandemics and/or state of emergencies"
description: "Relates to issuing a moratorium on utility termination of services during periods of pandemics and/or state of emergencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8113"
citation: "New York S 8113 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PARKER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-03-23"
last_action: "2020-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af9dd50b-35de-4b50-8d42-811c84236148"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8113"
source_hash: "d70cb5448f404d24bcb44a846161821b48702f581ddad09093bce5fd33169aa1"
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 8113 (2019-2020) — Relates to issuing a moratorium on utility termination of services during periods of pandemics and/or state of emergencies

Relates to issuing a moratorium on utility termination of services during periods of pandemics and/or state of emergencies.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8113** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8113&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S8113A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S8113A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **111–32** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Consumer Protection Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **58–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PARKER — primary (person)
- ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- COMRIE — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- KAVANAGH — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)
- METZGER — cosponsor (person)
- MONTGOMERY — cosponsor (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-23** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-24** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-24** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-24** PRINT NUMBER 8113A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-26** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.641
- **2020-05-27** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-05-27** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-05-27** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-27** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10521
- **2020-05-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.54
- **2020-05-28** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-05-28** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-06-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-17** SIGNED CHAP.108 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af9dd50b-35de-4b50-8d42-811c84236148`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).