---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to recharge New York power for eligible small businesses and not-for-profit corporations"
description: "Relates to recharge New York power for eligible small businesses and not-for-profit corporations of an amount not to exceed one hundred fifty megawatts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 6261"
citation: "New York A 6261 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["STERN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-12"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c7e0451-e10e-466a-aa82-545c853c3516"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A6261"
source_hash: "46f99f8317d3a03440fd8456e97c148ec382417b38f807f6ffd6e4c673479480"
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 6261 (2021-2022) — Relates to recharge New York power for eligible small businesses and not-for-profit corporations

Relates to recharge New York power for eligible small businesses and not-for-profit corporations of an amount not to exceed one hundred fifty megawatts.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6261** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6261&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STERN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-12** REFERRED TO ENERGY `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** REPORTED
- **2021-03-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.210
- **2021-04-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-04-19** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-04-19** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5992
- **2021-05-05** 3RD READING CAL.853
- **2021-05-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-01** SIGNED CHAP.197 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c7e0451-e10e-466a-aa82-545c853c3516`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).