---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes an electric vehicle charging commercial tariff"
description: "Provides that each investor owned utility must file with the public service commission an electric vehicle charging commercial tariff that allows a customer to purchase electricity for the purpose of recharging an electric vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 3876"
citation: "New York A 3876 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CUSICK"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-12-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a41b589-0a7a-4bd0-850c-6870d279e1fc"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A3876"
source_hash: "f67704e7fffea024080d8757f203da5353aee49a2f646190f52f6aafc043ff4b"
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 3876 (2021-2022) — Establishes an electric vehicle charging commercial tariff

Provides that each investor owned utility must file with the public service commission an electric vehicle charging commercial tariff that allows a customer to purchase electricity for the purpose of recharging an electric vehicle.

## Version chain

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

1. **A3876** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3876&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **49–13** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **119–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- CUSICK — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** REFERRED TO ENERGY `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** REPORTED
- **2021-04-19** RULES REPORT CAL.62
- **2021-04-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.62
- **2021-04-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-04-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-04-20** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3929
- **2021-04-26** 3RD READING CAL.399
- **2021-04-26** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-04-26** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-12-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-31** SIGNED CHAP.822 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-31** APPROVAL MEMO.162

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a41b589-0a7a-4bd0-850c-6870d279e1fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).