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NY S 5208

in committee

Relates to notice and inspection requirements for battery energy storage systems in a city with a population with one million or more

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did NY S 5208 pass?

Not yet. NY S 5208 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-06-05): COMMITTED TO RULES

What is NY S 5208 about?

Requires community boards to provide public notice of any planned siting and construction of battery energy storage systems and to provide for annual inspections of such battery energy storage systems; defines "battery energy storage systems"; requires operators of such battery energy storage systems to submit to the requirements of community boards regarding notice and inspection requirements.

Who sponsors NY S 5208?

Jessica Scarcella-Spanton is the primary sponsor of NY S 5208.

Description

Requires community boards to provide public notice of any planned siting and construction of battery energy storage systems and to provide for annual inspections of such battery energy storage systems; defines "battery energy storage systems"; requires operators of such battery energy storage systems to submit to the requirements of community boards regarding notice and inspection requirements.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-06-05 — COMMITTED TO RULES
Bill type
bill
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Sponsors

  • Jessica Scarcella-Spantonprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-06-05

    COMMITTED TO RULES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-05-12

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  3. 2026-05-11

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  4. 2026-05-07

    1ST REPORT CAL.992

  5. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CITIES 1

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-06-13

    COMMITTED TO RULES

    referral-committee

  7. 2025-05-08

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  8. 2025-05-07

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  9. 2025-05-06

    1ST REPORT CAL.964

  10. 2025-02-19

    REFERRED TO CITIES 1

    referral-committee

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Documents

Votes

  • Cities 1 Vote

    2025-05-06 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.: yes
    • Stephen T. Chan: yes
    • Cordell Cleare: yes
    • Andrew J. Lanza: yes
    • Roxanne J. Persaud: yes
    • Julia Salazar: yes
    • Luis R. Sepúlveda: yes

  • Cities 1 Vote

    2026-05-07 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.: yes
    • Erik Bottcher: yes
    • Stephen T. Chan: yes
    • Cordell Cleare: yes
    • Andrew J. Lanza: yes
    • Roxanne J. Persaud: yes
    • Julia Salazar: yes

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 6605not in this corpus

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https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S5208?summary=&detail=

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