---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires utility corporations, municipalities, water-works corporations, and telephone service providers to allow customers to use their preferred name and pronouns"
description: "Requires utility corporations, municipalities, water-works corporations, and telephone service providers to allow customers to use their preferred name and pronouns."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 6193"
citation: "New York A 6193 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GONZALEZ-ROJAS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-11-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7ca928e-c627-4415-8f24-c837cef386fe"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A6193"
source_hash: "509d72388fa2fc6cc2f6b9aad2a142069055b8733e0384c2f52585cbdfa78cdd"
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 6193 (2021-2022) — Requires utility corporations, municipalities, water-works corporations, and telephone service providers to allow customers to use their preferred name and pronouns

Requires utility corporations, municipalities, water-works corporations, and telephone service providers to allow customers to use their preferred name and pronouns.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6193** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6193&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **99–48** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **46–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GONZALEZ-ROJAS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** REPORTED
- **2021-05-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.369
- **2021-05-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-26** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-26** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5325
- **2021-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1692
- **2021-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-11-16** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-16** SIGNED CHAP.630 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7ca928e-c627-4415-8f24-c837cef386fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).