---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to removing the salary of the chair of NYSERDA"
description: "Removes the salary of the chair of NYSERDA; allows the chair to engage in private employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 8154"
citation: "New York A 8154 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Braunstein"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-02"
last_action: "2025-11-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecb6a96a-19fa-4be0-8047-407161315ae6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8154"
source_hash: "c5d1425c566eab09bec6f40ec84b9844b88ae0fb6dfe6cccac600473c10da34b"
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 8154 (2025-2026) — Relates to removing the salary of the chair of NYSERDA

Removes the salary of the chair of NYSERDA; allows the chair to engage in private employment.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8154** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8154&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **56–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edward Braunstein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-02** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-27** REPORTED
- **2025-05-27** RULES REPORT CAL.276
- **2025-05-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.276
- **2025-05-27** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-27** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-27** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8318
- **2025-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.1594
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-11-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-12** SIGNED CHAP.497 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ecb6a96a-19fa-4be0-8047-407161315ae6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).