---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to medical needs which require essential electricity"
description: "Removes requirements that require any medical equipment or equipment necessary for an individual whose diagnosis is likely to be significantly triggered or significantly exacerbated by a continued loss of power that will adversely impact that individual's health; removes such requirements from an emergency response plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 987"
citation: "New York A 987 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nader Sayegh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd5bb3ae-0f3d-4bd4-89b7-fb318f3f55be"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A987"
source_hash: "c645cbc13b2c2fa8c0a581990e813b9529819c46a476435d9fef32ffaa034375"
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 987 (2023-2024) — Relates to medical needs which require essential electricity

Removes requirements that require any medical equipment or equipment necessary for an individual whose diagnosis is likely to be significantly triggered or significantly exacerbated by a continued loss of power that will adversely impact that individual's health; removes such requirements from an emergency response plan.

## Version chain

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

1. **A987** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A987&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nader Sayegh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** REPORTED
- **2023-01-17** RULES REPORT CAL.13
- **2023-01-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.13
- **2023-01-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-01-17** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-01-17** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2225
- **2023-02-06** 3RD READING CAL.162
- **2023-02-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-02-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-03-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-03** 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/bd5bb3ae-0f3d-4bd4-89b7-fb318f3f55be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).