---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the renewable energy outreach and community planning program; repealer"
description: "Relates to the renewable energy outreach and community planning program; creates reporting requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8020"
citation: "New York S 8020 (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: "2024-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d595c79-e063-468b-8f4c-8cb8221ad959"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8020"
source_hash: "9bcded3c946f946d2e758ba80d8e0e5ac0d532e5bcf14a5c670f328e9a85505c"
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 8020 (2023-2024) — Relates to the renewable energy outreach and community planning program; repealer

Relates to the renewable energy outreach and community planning program; creates reporting requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8020&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **47–15** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **124–20** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **16–5** (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`
- **2024-01-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.174
- **2024-01-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-01-30** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-30** REFERRED TO ENERGY `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8489
- **2024-03-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.333
- **2024-03-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-03-04** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-03-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-22** SIGNED CHAP.106 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d595c79-e063-468b-8f4c-8cb8221ad959`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).