---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the use of innovative techniques to enhance public participation in the rule making process"
description: "Authorizes the use of innovative techniques to enhance public participation in the rule making process; provides that use of such techniques shall in no way otherwise diminish public participation in the rule making process; establishes a three year pilot project for seven major regulatory agencies to hold public hearings upon petition of 125 or more New York residents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 155"
citation: "New York S 155 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GIANARIS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-12-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03823ba9-0d78-46f1-8ca5-8cab44d343e0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S155"
source_hash: "bd8de99d31a683300dd03c84a825665f5756b824fbbeb64b9cb2b0530f320a8e"
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 155 (2021-2022) — Authorizes the use of innovative techniques to enhance public participation in the rule making process

Authorizes the use of innovative techniques to enhance public participation in the rule making process; provides that use of such techniques shall in no way otherwise diminish public participation in the rule making process; establishes a three year pilot project for seven major regulatory agencies to hold public hearings upon petition of 125 or more New York residents.

## Version chain

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

1. **S155** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S155&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–4** (pass) · lower
- Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Vote — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GIANARIS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** 1ST REPORT CAL.121
- **2021-01-20** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-01-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-03-16** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-03-16** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-03-16** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6267
- **2021-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.716
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-28** SIGNED CHAP.801 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-28** APPROVAL MEMO.152

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03823ba9-0d78-46f1-8ca5-8cab44d343e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).