---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to requiring a compensation statement by certain public utility corporations and service providers"
description: "Requires a compensation statement to be filed annually with the public service commission by any public utility corporation or service provider with a gross annual operating revenue of more than one million dollars."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 1544"
citation: "New York S 1544 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAMINSKY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-12-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52cd2312-558b-4355-abe1-c33889a3ad65"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S1544"
source_hash: "63d8e93b6f1fcbfd1fa3575165a81366313389a3dc55f5e3cab04f68bde36afe"
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 1544 (2021-2022) — Relates to requiring a compensation statement by certain public utility corporations and service providers

Requires a compensation statement to be filed annually with the public service commission by any public utility corporation or service provider with a gross annual operating revenue of more than one million dollars.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1544** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1544&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S1544A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S1544A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **119–30** (pass) · lower
- Energy And Telecommunications Vote - Version: A — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **51–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KAMINSKY — primary (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- PALUMBO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** PRINT NUMBER 1544A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-02** 1ST REPORT CAL.254
- **2021-02-03** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-02-08** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-02-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-02-23** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-02-23** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4403
- **2021-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.176
- **2021-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-31** SIGNED CHAP.826 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-31** APPROVAL MEMO.165

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52cd2312-558b-4355-abe1-c33889a3ad65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).