---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the finality of certain utility charges and the contents of utility bills"
description: "Prohibits utility corporations from charging customers for gas or electric service which was rendered more than two months prior to the mailing of the first bill to the customer; requires utility corporations to provide a two-year history of charges in their bills."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 4234"
citation: "New York S 4234 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Hinchey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed9c7991-941b-49a0-accb-42224bd87b18"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S4234"
source_hash: "7ab0bf2e66264d7429ca04a48f263d95490534c27a3f6c5cb7ad8c543019d84f"
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 4234 (2023-2024) — Relates to the finality of certain utility charges and the contents of utility bills

Prohibits utility corporations from charging customers for gas or electric service which was rendered more than two months prior to the mailing of the first bill to the customer; requires utility corporations to provide a two-year history of charges in their bills.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4234** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4234&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S4234A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S4234A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **48–13** (pass) · upper
- Energy And Telecommunications Vote - Version: A — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **132–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michelle Hinchey — primary (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** PRINT NUMBER 4234A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-23** 1ST REPORT CAL.1349
- **2023-05-24** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-07** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-07** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4055A
- **2023-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.689
- **2023-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.763 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.84

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed9c7991-941b-49a0-accb-42224bd87b18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).