---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the Long Island power authority and the issuance of certain bonds"
description: "Relates to the Long Island power authority and the utility debt securitization authority; permits the issuance of securitized restructuring bonds to finance system resiliency costs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6455"
citation: "New York S 6455 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAMINSKY"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-29"
last_action: "2021-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4759653f-894e-4f78-9ce3-0881e6a31979"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6455"
source_hash: "460079885ac2c04eba91496a3e08f1735bc9d3d0594b5418bc4df026d626f53c"
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 6455 (2021-2022) — Relates to the Long Island power authority and the issuance of certain bonds

Relates to the Long Island power authority and the utility debt securitization authority; permits the issuance of securitized restructuring bonds to finance system resiliency costs.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6455** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6455&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S6455A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S6455A)
3. **S6455B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S6455B)
4. **S6455C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S6455C)

## Votes

- Energy And Telecommunications Vote — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: C — **58–5** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-29** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** 1ST REPORT CAL.1179
- **2021-05-20** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-24** AMENDED (T) 6455A
- **2021-05-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-06-01** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 6455B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-03** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 6455C `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-08** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7362B
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.606
- **2021-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-07-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-02** SIGNED CHAP.369 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4759653f-894e-4f78-9ce3-0881e6a31979`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).