---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to redefining the term covered renewable energy system"
description: "Redefines the term \"covered renewable energy system\" to mean a renewable energy system with a capacity of one or more megawatts alternating current."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 9598"
citation: "New York A 9598 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["JOYNER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-23"
last_action: "2022-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05ffc71b-50da-444d-92e2-0d4c5159041b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A9598"
source_hash: "11a0acda8d3241bbe4253e6358f0fa9ad6e9e92f14e7c1e98d498057aa11469b"
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 9598 (2021-2022) — Relates to redefining the term covered renewable energy system

Redefines the term "covered renewable energy system" to mean a renewable energy system with a capacity of one or more megawatts alternating current.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9598** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9598&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **119–26** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **57–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JOYNER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-23** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** REPORTED
- **2022-03-31** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.516
- **2022-05-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-05** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-05** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8648
- **2022-05-25** 3RD READING CAL.1084
- **2022-05-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-25** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-06-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-05** SIGNED CHAP.372 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05ffc71b-50da-444d-92e2-0d4c5159041b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).