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NY S 8534

in committee

Establishes the furloughed or non-pay federal workers revolving loan program and fund

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did NY S 8534 pass?

Not yet. NY S 8534 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 8534 about?

Relates to establishing the furloughed or non-pay federal workers revolving loan program and fund; provides zero percent interest loans to residential electric and natural gas customers who have been either furloughed or designated non-pay federal employees due to a period of a lapse in discretionary appropriations by the federal government in order to assist such customers in paying their electric and gas bills.

Who sponsors NY S 8534?

Kevin S. Parker is the primary sponsor of NY S 8534.

Description

Relates to establishing the furloughed or non-pay federal workers revolving loan program and fund; provides zero percent interest loans to residential electric and natural gas customers who have been either furloughed or designated non-pay federal employees due to a period of a lapse in discretionary appropriations by the federal government in order to assist such customers in paying their electric and gas bills.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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Sponsors

  • Kevin S. Parkerprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-10-20

    REFERRED TO RULES

    referral-committee

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 2619not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2353not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3228not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S8534?summary=&detail=

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