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type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits the unauthorized change of a natural gas or electric service provider"
description: "Prohibits suppliers of natural gas or electric service from changing a customer's supplier of gas or electric service (commonly known as \"slamming\") unless such supplier complies with requirements established by the public service commission; authorizes the commission to establish requirements for customer consent; makes enforcement provisions to punish violators of slamming requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 3245"
citation: "New York A 3245 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DINOWITZ"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-11-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0069a154-0477-49d7-bf2b-dabe893d38f0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A3245"
source_hash: "7dffddf2a63fc6588e7dfd91a3a04fc25fb7f44df57a4efdee9c8baef710dae1"
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 3245 (2019-2020) — Prohibits the unauthorized change of a natural gas or electric service provider
Prohibits suppliers of natural gas or electric service from changing a customer's supplier of gas or electric service (commonly known as "slamming") unless such supplier complies with requirements established by the public service commission; authorizes the commission to establish requirements for customer consent; makes enforcement provisions to punish violators of slamming requirements.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **A3245** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3245&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A3245A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A3245A)
## Votes
- Assembly Vote — **1370** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **620** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- DINOWITZ — primary (person)
- WALLACE — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-29** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-08** PRINT NUMBER 3245A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-30** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** REPORTED
- **2019-06-05** RULES REPORT CAL.73
- **2019-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.73
- **2019-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2376A
- **2019-06-12** 3RD READING CAL.120
- **2019-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-11-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-25** SIGNED CHAP.537 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0069a154-0477-49d7-bf2b-dabe893d38f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).