senate Bill S4305

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring cellular telephone companies and third-party service providers to provide plans to the public service commission to make all cell towers one hundred percent renewable energy powered by 2031

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Current Bill Status - Passed Senate

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor Calendar
    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed/Vetoed by Governor

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 21, 2023 referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Mar 08, 2023 advanced to third reading
Mar 01, 2023 2nd report cal.
Feb 28, 2023 1st report cal.427
Feb 07, 2023 referred to energy and telecommunications

Votes

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Mar 21, 2023 - floor Vote

S4305
42
20
floor
42
Aye
20
Nay
0
Absent
1
Excused
0
Abstained
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Floor Vote: Mar 21, 2023

aye (42)
nay (20)
excused (1)

Feb 28, 2023 - Energy and Telecommunications committee Vote

S4305
6
2
committee
6
Aye
2
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
1
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Energy and Telecommunications Committee Vote: Feb 28, 2023

aye (6)
nay (2)
absent (1)

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S4305 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4098
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §92-j, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S9202

S4305 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring cellular telephone companies and third-party service providers to provide plans to the public service commission to make all cell towers one hundred percent renewable energy powered by 2031.

S4305 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S4305 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4305
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 7, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring cellu-
   lar telephone companies and third- party service providers to  provide
   plans  to  the  public  service commission to make all cell towers one
   hundred percent renewable energy powered by 2031
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The public service law is amended by adding a new section
 92-j to read as follows:
   § 92-J. CELL TOWERS; RENEWABLE ENERGY.   NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION  FIVE
 OF THIS CHAPTER OR ANY OTHER LAW TO THE CONTRARY, NO LATER THAN DECEMBER
 THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, ANY CELLULAR TELEPHONE COMPANY
 OR THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDER WHO  OPERATES  CELL  TOWERS  WITHIN  THE
 STATE  SHALL  PROVIDE  PLANS  TO THE COMMISSION TO MAKE ALL CELL TOWERS,
 MAINTAINED AND CONSTRUCTED BY SUCH COMPANY OR  SERVICE  PROVIDER  WITHIN
 THE  STATE, ONE HUNDRED PERCENT RENEWABLE ENERGY POWERED BY TWO THOUSAND
 THIRTY-ONE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06272-01-3

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