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type: "Bill"
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title: "Defines medical needs for essential electricity and requires certain service providers to have outreach plans for customers with essential electricity medical needs"
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description: "Defines medical needs for essential electricity as including but not limited to, apnea monitors for infants, cuirass respirators, hemodialysis machines, IV feeding machines, IV medical infusion machines, oxygen concentrators, positive pressure respirators, respirator/ventilators, rocking bed respirators, suction machines, tank type respirators, as well as any medical equipment or equipment necessary for an individual whose diagnosis is likely to be significantly triggered or significantly exacerbated by a continued loss of power that will adversely impact that individual's health."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
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legislature: "New York Legislature"
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session: "2021-2022"
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identifier: "A 3217"
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citation: "New York A 3217 (2021-2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["SAYEGH"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-01-22"
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last_action: "2022-12-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce8a9e8d-3da7-4ab4-96cd-dd9cc72d20de"
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source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A3217"
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source_hash: "99e67921cde58415dc3f82e24a21471a89ce56bdbf8cf13d1daaa076828dc493"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
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---
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# New York A 3217 (2021-2022) — Defines medical needs for essential electricity and requires certain service providers to have outreach plans for customers with essential electricity medical needs
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Defines medical needs for essential electricity as including but not limited to, apnea monitors for infants, cuirass respirators, hemodialysis machines, IV feeding machines, IV medical infusion machines, oxygen concentrators, positive pressure respirators, respirator/ventilators, rocking bed respirators, suction machines, tank type respirators, as well as any medical equipment or equipment necessary for an individual whose diagnosis is likely to be significantly triggered or significantly exacerbated by a continued loss of power that will adversely impact that individual's health.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **A3217** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3217&term=2021&Text=Y)
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2. **A3217A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A3217A)
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## Votes
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- Assembly Vote — **142–2** (pass) · lower
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- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- SAYEGH — primary (person)
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- BUTTENSCHON — cosponsor (person)
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- DESTEFANO — cosponsor (person)
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- DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
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- DURSO — cosponsor (person)
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- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
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- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
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- LAWLER — cosponsor (person)
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- LEMONDES — cosponsor (person)
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- MONTESANO — cosponsor (person)
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- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
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- SANTABARBARA — cosponsor (person)
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- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
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- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
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- TAGUE — cosponsor (person)
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- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-22** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-26** REFERENCE CHANGED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-16** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-16** PRINT NUMBER 3217A `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-08** REPORTED
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- **2022-02-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.386
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- **2022-02-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
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- **2022-02-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
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- **2022-02-14** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-28** SUBSTITUTED FOR S931A
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- **2022-03-28** 3RD READING CAL.572
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- **2022-03-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
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- **2022-03-28** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2022-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.727 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.48
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce8a9e8d-3da7-4ab4-96cd-dd9cc72d20de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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