---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the secretary of state to appoint a person from the utility intervention unit within the consumer protection division to serve on the state energy planning board"
description: "Authorizes the secretary of state to appoint a person from the utility intervention unit within the consumer protection division to serve on the state energy planning board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 4712"
citation: "New York A 4712 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Didi Barrett"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a93caa5c-13d8-4f18-8014-3e5458a47ec8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A4712"
source_hash: "66efd33ee2cf86f8092cf8427af168381af5c9fd9002c20739ca7aeca22d3db4"
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 4712 (2025-2026) — Authorizes the secretary of state to appoint a person from the utility intervention unit within the consumer protection division to serve on the state energy planning board

Authorizes the secretary of state to appoint a person from the utility intervention unit within the consumer protection division to serve on the state energy planning board.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4712** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4712&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **134–13** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Didi Barrett — primary (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Glick — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
- Jen Lunsford — cosponsor (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
- Nily Rozic — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Kay — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Kassay — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)
- William Magnarelli — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** REFERRED TO ENERGY `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** REPORTED
- **2025-03-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.58
- **2025-05-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-20** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2460
- **2025-06-05** 3RD READING CAL.1526
- **2025-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.650 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a93caa5c-13d8-4f18-8014-3e5458a47ec8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).