---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to emergency response plans relating to downed wires"
description: "Relates to emergency response plans relating to the notification of location of downed wires from a municipal emergency official or individual."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 237"
citation: "New York A 237 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nader Sayegh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35ce0d4e-3f0c-42dd-b7b5-e341eb833c37"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A237"
source_hash: "8b586209a4a44eb72042cc1d754b714be18c8443b394d6f9bc959258b7abdb11"
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 A 237 (2023-2024) — Relates to emergency response plans relating to downed wires

Relates to emergency response plans relating to the notification of location of downed wires from a municipal emergency official or individual.

## Version chain

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

1. **A237** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A237&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nader Sayegh — primary (person)
- Aileen Gunther — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Tague — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Thiele — cosponsor (person)
- Inez E. Dickens — cosponsor (person)
- Joe DeStefano — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Jacobson — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne Buttenschon — cosponsor (person)
- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Durso — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** REPORTED
- **2023-05-17** RULES REPORT CAL.134
- **2023-05-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.134
- **2023-05-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-17** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-17** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7230
- **2023-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.1657
- **2023-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-11-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.673 `executive-signature`
- **2023-11-21** APPROVAL MEMO.33

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35ce0d4e-3f0c-42dd-b7b5-e341eb833c37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).