---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directs the New York state department of public service to study the feasibility and the costs of relocating underground certain utility lines"
description: "Directs the New York state department of public service to study the feasibility and the costs of relocating underground all or most of the existing, above-ground electrical distribution lines, telephone lines and internet transmission lines."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7722"
citation: "New York S 7722 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["COMRIE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-07"
last_action: "2022-01-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1aad9e17-8ccd-43cc-8e5d-30e421bd536c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7722"
source_hash: "393eb5e539b97edfbf409392fe04fac72f956cbd5b08ae2b9e63ef6371e78075"
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 7722 (2021-2022) — Directs the New York state department of public service to study the feasibility and the costs of relocating underground certain utility lines

Directs the New York state department of public service to study the feasibility and the costs of relocating underground all or most of the existing, above-ground electrical distribution lines, telephone lines and internet transmission lines.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7722** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7722&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–2** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMRIE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.50
- **2022-01-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-18** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-18** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8795
- **2022-01-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.52
- **2022-01-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-01-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-01-24** SIGNED CHAP.7 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1aad9e17-8ccd-43cc-8e5d-30e421bd536c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).