---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to enforcement of pole attachment safety and quality"
description: "Relates to enforcement of pole attachment safety and quality and utility pole and attachment identification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 6997"
citation: "New York S 6997 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher Ryan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-03-28"
last_action: "2025-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ed11f8a-1381-4da9-96b6-43185634377f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S6997"
source_hash: "b65fd26df3b0a4fe1ec9d3ce18470040192f5d80e188df9931c785624c234d68"
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 6997 (2025-2026) — Relates to enforcement of pole attachment safety and quality

Relates to enforcement of pole attachment safety and quality and utility pole and attachment identification.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6997** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6997&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S6997A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S6997A)

## Votes

- Energy And Telecommunications Vote — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **111–31** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **50–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Christopher Ryan — primary (person)
- Anthony H. Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- April Baskin — cosponsor (person)
- Dean Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Jamaal Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- James Skoufis — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton — cosponsor (person)
- Julia Salazar — cosponsor (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
- Mario Mattera — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Hinchey — cosponsor (person)
- Monica Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick M. Gallivan — cosponsor (person)
- Pete Harckham — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Shelley Mayer — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Rhoads — cosponsor (person)
- Toby Ann Stavisky — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-28** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-27** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-27** PRINT NUMBER 6997A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-29** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1499
- **2025-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-06** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-06** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7544A
- **2025-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.740
- **2025-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.700 `executive-signature`
- **2025-12-19** APPROVAL MEMO.77

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ed11f8a-1381-4da9-96b6-43185634377f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).