---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to utility membership dues used for lobbying activities"
description: "Disallows the cost recovery for membership dues of any entity that engages in legislative lobbying activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 1556"
citation: "New York S 1556 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PARKER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ed88785-ad65-4a58-9eb1-d74d75b706f9"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S1556"
source_hash: "04744084d8d47edcb50e7d77246cf51e8280c2569038b241aee91150d6824f9e"
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 1556 (2021-2022) — Relates to utility membership dues used for lobbying activities

Disallows the cost recovery for membership dues of any entity that engages in legislative lobbying activities.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1556** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1556&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–3** (pass) · upper
- Energy And Telecommunications Vote — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **108–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- PARKER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** 1ST REPORT CAL.117
- **2021-01-20** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-01-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-03-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-03-25** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-03-25** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6871
- **2021-05-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.267
- **2021-05-12** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-12** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-07-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-02** SIGNED CHAP.394 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ed88785-ad65-4a58-9eb1-d74d75b706f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).