---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to unlawfully installing a gas meter"
description: "Makes it a class B misdemeanor for any person other than a person acting on behalf of a utility corporation to unlawfully install a gas meter without a permit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 328"
citation: "New York S 328 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PERSAUD"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83a2e16f-e3c8-4f23-8a10-7bd23e55222e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S328"
source_hash: "da103751b237e99ab7a55ec5e0dec5ed86d383060d02a250edbbccb0149b258a"
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 328 (2021-2022) — Relates to unlawfully installing a gas meter

Makes it a class B misdemeanor for any person other than a person acting on behalf of a utility corporation to unlawfully install a gas meter without a permit.

## Version chain

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

1. **S328** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S328&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S328A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S328A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Codes Vote — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PERSAUD — primary (person)
- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** 1ST REPORT CAL.98
- **2021-01-20** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-01-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-02-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-02-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-02-03** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-03** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-03** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 328A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-12** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-12** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5830A
- **2021-05-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.366
- **2021-05-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-07-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-16** SIGNED CHAP.274 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83a2e16f-e3c8-4f23-8a10-7bd23e55222e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).