---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to requiring cellular telephone companies and third-party service providers to conduct a renewable energy feasibility study"
description: "Directs the wireless service industry to report on current and future plans to pursue renewable energy technology to power macrocells; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 4098"
citation: "New York A 4098 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Cunningham"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2024-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d7630dd-b0f9-4660-aa12-d57e288c091f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A4098"
source_hash: "17423a52cb35ab0925f129174ab757926627f635bc3b56c147565dcdaeb04d1f"
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 4098 (2023-2024) — Relates to requiring cellular telephone companies and third-party service providers to conduct a renewable energy feasibility study

Directs the wireless service industry to report on current and future plans to pursue renewable energy technology to power macrocells; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4098** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4098&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A4098A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A4098A)
3. **A4098B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A4098B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **45–16** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Cunningham — primary (person)
- Jonathan Jacobson — cosponsor (person)
- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03** PRINT NUMBER 4098A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-07** REPORTED
- **2024-05-09** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.445
- **2024-06-03** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 4098B `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4305B
- **2024-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.220
- **2024-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.612 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d7630dd-b0f9-4660-aa12-d57e288c091f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).