republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/a-3359.md

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Bill	Prohibits utility companies from harassing, oppressing or abusing any residential customer in connection with the handling of a complaint or unpaid balance	Prohibits utility companies from harassing, oppressing or abusing any residential customer in connection with the handling of a residential customer complaint, the offering and/or negotiating of a deferred payment agreement, or the collection of an unpaid balance or any other obligation owed by such customer.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2021-2022	A 3359	New York A 3359 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	PAULIN	1	13	2	2021-01-26	2021-11-08	openstates	ocd-bill/30da36af-7668-4aaf-af25-3cb497c6cd0b	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A3359	75525bfe27996b2bb2b044a8432abf007318d0e2dd7fece573a7158dd4eb7d93	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York A 3359 (2021-2022) — Prohibits utility companies from harassing, oppressing or abusing any residential customer in connection with the handling of a complaint or unpaid balance

Prohibits utility companies from harassing, oppressing or abusing any residential customer in connection with the handling of a residential customer complaint, the offering and/or negotiating of a deferred payment agreement, or the collection of an unpaid balance or any other obligation owed by such customer.

Version chain

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

1. A3359 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Assembly Vote — 149–1 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote — 62–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• PAULIN — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-26 REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS referral-committee
• 2021-02-09 REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES referral-committee
• 2021-03-30 REPORTED
• 2021-04-01 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.216
• 2021-04-19 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2021-04-19 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2021-04-19 REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS referral-committee
• 2021-06-10 SUBSTITUTED FOR S4823
• 2021-06-10 3RD READING CAL.1776
• 2021-06-10 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2021-06-10 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2021-10-27 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2021-11-08 SIGNED CHAP.590 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/30da36af-7668-4aaf-af25-3cb497c6cd0b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).