---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the public service commission to initiate a proceeding to examine a process for streamlining actions related to utility pole attachments"
description: "Requires the public service commission to initiate a proceeding to examine a process for streamlining actions related to utility pole attachments; requires such commission to invite participation in such proceeding by diverse stakeholders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7689"
citation: "New York S 7689 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HINCHEY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-07"
last_action: "2022-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5888541a-9b91-4ee7-b46a-d70bb778ac77"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7689"
source_hash: "932e4d7b06d834a175dd6d535a31cfb6a716777e048dfeddcd1b7cdc85f6fc6c"
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 7689 (2021-2022) — Requires the public service commission to initiate a proceeding to examine a process for streamlining actions related to utility pole attachments

Requires the public service commission to initiate a proceeding to examine a process for streamlining actions related to utility pole attachments; requires such commission to invite participation in such proceeding by diverse stakeholders.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7689** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7689&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HINCHEY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.17
- **2022-01-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-11** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8756
- **2022-02-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.399
- **2022-02-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-02-14** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-02-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-24** SIGNED CHAP.68 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5888541a-9b91-4ee7-b46a-d70bb778ac77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).