S 8119 — Enacts the community solar opportunity and local approval reform (Community SOLAR) act
Congress · introduced 2025-05-15
Enacts the "community solar opportunity and local approval reform (Community SOLAR) act"; authorizes municipalities to establish standards for distributed generation energy facilities.
Latest action: 2026-01-07 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Kevin S. Parker (—, NY-21) — sponsor · 2025-05-15
- Brian Kavanagh (—, NY-27) — cosponsor · 2025-05-15
- Rachel May (—, NY-48) — cosponsor · 2025-05-15
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- · senate — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- · senate — PRINT NUMBER 8119A
- · senate — REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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Inbound (3)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-15 | Brian Kavanagh | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-15 | Kevin S. Parker | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-15 | Rachel May | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin S. Parker (—, state_upper NY-21) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Brian Kavanagh (—, state_upper NY-27) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Rachel May (—, state_upper NY-48) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2025-05-15 · cosponsored by Brian Kavanagh (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-15 · sponsored by Kevin S. Parker (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-15 · cosponsored by Rachel May (cosponsor) · sponsorship