---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes a commercial tariff on electric vehicles"
description: "Establishes a commercial tariff on electric vehicles; requires the public service commission to commence a proceeding to establish a commercial tariff utilizing alternatives to traditional demand-based rate structures, other operating cost relief mechanisms, or a combination thereof (collectively, solutions) to facilitate faster charging for eligible light duty, heavy duty, and fleet electric vehicles; makes technical corrections to the effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7836"
citation: "New York S 7836 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KENNEDY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49640670-878a-4c62-a09a-4a85189885de"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7836"
source_hash: "95b48e70212aa779aa7e50de824083ae843a552920ef8d0cbafc720ffb606220"
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 7836 (2021-2022) — Establishes a commercial tariff on electric vehicles

Establishes a commercial tariff on electric vehicles; requires the public service commission to commence a proceeding to establish a commercial tariff utilizing alternatives to traditional demand-based rate structures, other operating cost relief mechanisms, or a combination thereof (collectively, solutions) to facilitate faster charging for eligible light duty, heavy duty, and fleet electric vehicles; makes technical corrections to the effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7836** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7836&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **20–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **109–38** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **51–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KENNEDY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.194
- **2022-01-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-19** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-19** REFERRED TO ENERGY `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8797
- **2022-02-28** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.447
- **2022-03-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-03-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-03-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-18** SIGNED CHAP.168 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49640670-878a-4c62-a09a-4a85189885de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).