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NY S 4902

in committee

Requires cell towers to be equipped with a back-up power source in case of a power outage

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did NY S 4902 pass?

Not yet. NY S 4902 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

What is NY S 4902 about?

Requires cell towers to be equipped with a back-up power source in case of a power outage.

Who sponsors NY S 4902?

Pete Harckham is the primary sponsor of NY S 4902, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Requires cell towers to be equipped with a back-up power source in case of a power outage.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Pete Harckhamprimary
  • Rachel Maycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-06-13

    COMMITTED TO RULES

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-04-30

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  4. 2025-04-29

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  5. 2025-04-28

    1ST REPORT CAL.706

  6. 2025-02-14

    REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Energy And Telecommunications Vote

    2025-04-28 · pass · 8-1

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Kristen Gonzalez: yes
    • Michelle Hinchey: yes
    • Brian Kavanagh: yes
    • Rachel May: yes
    • Kevin S. Parker: yes
    • Mario Mattera: yes
    • Thomas F. O'Mara: yes
    • Christopher Ryan: yes
    • Mark Walczyk: no

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8893not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 695not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2996not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 2670

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S4902?summary=&detail=

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