---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the finality of certain utility charges and the contents of utility bills"
description: "Prohibits utility corporations from charging customers for gas or electric service which was rendered more than three months of the monthly billing period; requires utility corporations to provide a thirteen-month usage history in their bills."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8012"
citation: "New York S 8012 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Hinchey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-02-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f95ce36-5523-4b71-99ea-d6022851d3e7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8012"
source_hash: "94649c8fee8d52746d95c950eec83ffc2823e4a5531255b1d2bc960db040e355"
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 S 8012 (2023-2024) — Relates to the finality of certain utility charges and the contents of utility bills

Prohibits utility corporations from charging customers for gas or electric service which was rendered more than three months of the monthly billing period; requires utility corporations to provide a thirteen-month usage history in their bills.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8012** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8012&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **141–5** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **19–2** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **44–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michelle Hinchey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.21
- **2024-01-17** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-01-17** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-17** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8542
- **2024-01-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.251
- **2024-01-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-01-30** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-02-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-07** SIGNED CHAP.62 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f95ce36-5523-4b71-99ea-d6022851d3e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).