---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to price comparisons of prices charged by energy services companies"
description: "Relates to requirements for price comparisons of prices charged by energy services companies on customer bills."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 9438"
citation: "New York A 9438 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey Dinowitz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb44b663-564f-45f9-86c9-ecc82f432542"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A9438"
source_hash: "e3e320d1e069a4b6214bf0d38a14ae28894626d08e567c20cf0c0229ff7eb2f7"
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 9438 (2025-2026) — Relates to price comparisons of prices charged by energy services companies

Relates to requirements for price comparisons of prices charged by energy services companies on customer bills.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9438** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9438&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **54–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **134–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeffrey Dinowitz — primary (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06** REFERRED TO ENERGY `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-07** REFERRED TO ENERGY `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** REPORTED
- **2026-01-13** RULES REPORT CAL.20
- **2026-01-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.20
- **2026-01-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-01-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2026-01-20** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8794
- **2026-01-29** 3RD READING CAL.80
- **2026-01-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-01-29** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.8 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb44b663-564f-45f9-86c9-ecc82f432542`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).