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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relates to the finality of certain utility charges and the contents of utility bills"
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description: "Prohibits utility corporations from charging customers for gas or electric service which was rendered more than two months prior to the mailing of the first bill to the customer; requires utility corporations to provide a two-year history of charges in their bills."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
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legislature: "New York Legislature"
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session: "2023-2024"
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identifier: "S 4234"
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citation: "New York S 4234 (2023-2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Hinchey"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-02-06"
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last_action: "2023-12-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed9c7991-941b-49a0-accb-42224bd87b18"
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source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S4234"
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source_hash: "7ab0bf2e66264d7429ca04a48f263d95490534c27a3f6c5cb7ad8c543019d84f"
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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 S 4234 (2023-2024) — Relates to the finality of certain utility charges and the contents of utility bills
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Prohibits utility corporations from charging customers for gas or electric service which was rendered more than two months prior to the mailing of the first bill to the customer; requires utility corporations to provide a two-year history of charges in their bills.
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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. **S4234** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4234&term=2023&Text=Y)
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2. **S4234A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S4234A)
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## Votes
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- Floor Vote - Version: A — **48–13** (pass) · upper
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- Energy And Telecommunications Vote - Version: A — **8–1** (pass) · upper
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- Assembly Vote — **132–12** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Michelle Hinchey — primary (person)
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- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-06** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-26** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-26** PRINT NUMBER 4234A `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-23** 1ST REPORT CAL.1349
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- **2023-05-24** 2ND REPORT CAL.
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- **2023-05-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
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- **2023-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
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- **2023-06-07** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2023-06-07** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4055A
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- **2023-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.689
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- **2023-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
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- **2023-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
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- **2023-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.763 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.84
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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/ed9c7991-941b-49a0-accb-42224bd87b18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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