---
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 and to plans to prioritize the securing of downed wires over routine maintenance or other work unrelated to a response to an emergency event."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 8531"
citation: "New York A 8531 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nader Sayegh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-02-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be232911-0e7b-4d2c-9f82-388b35fa2fa0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8531"
source_hash: "7c1f1126b8b452310fbb623b827cc6a2e0b3255fbb22acfef7c32e1918b8986b"
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 8531 (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 and to plans to prioritize the securing of downed wires over routine maintenance or other work unrelated to a response to an emergency event.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8531** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8531&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nader Sayegh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** REPORTED
- **2024-01-18** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.247
- **2024-01-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-01-23** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-23** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8034
- **2024-01-24** 3RD READING CAL.34
- **2024-01-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-01-24** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-02-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-07** SIGNED CHAP.38 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be232911-0e7b-4d2c-9f82-388b35fa2fa0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).