---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to critical energy infrastructure security and responsibility"
description: "Relates to critical energy infrastructure security and responsibility and provides for the protection of critical infrastructure in the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 2896"
citation: "New York A 2896 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George Alvarez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e3de666-5f12-4661-b30b-84aa78df8b36"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A2896"
source_hash: "36629d15eecad7f5d72bbdec24a8bbd9ec020acc71966db16855c609239fe849"
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 2896 (2023-2024) — Relates to critical energy infrastructure security and responsibility

Relates to critical energy infrastructure security and responsibility and provides for the protection of critical infrastructure in the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2896** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2896&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- George Alvarez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** REFERRED TO ENERGY `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** REPORTED
- **2023-02-14** RULES REPORT CAL.97
- **2023-02-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.97
- **2023-02-15** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-02-15** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-02-15** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1345
- **2023-02-15** 3RD READING CAL.113
- **2023-02-15** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-02-15** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-03-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-03** SIGNED CHAP.67 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e3de666-5f12-4661-b30b-84aa78df8b36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).