S 8512 — Relates to portable solar generation devices
Congress · introduced 2025-09-24
Defines "portable solar generation device"; exempts portable solar generation devices from interconnection or net metering requirements; requires the state energy conservation construction code to allow for portable solar generation devices to be connected to a building's wiring through an electrical outlet.
Latest action: 2026-05-14 — SENATE_FLOOR
Sponsors
- Liz Krueger (—, NY-28) — sponsor · 2025-09-24
- Jabari Brisport (—, NY-25) — cosponsor · 2025-09-24
- Samra Brouk (—, NY-55) — cosponsor · 2025-09-24
- Leroy Comrie (—, NY-14) — cosponsor · 2025-09-24
- Patricia Fahy (—, NY-46) — cosponsor · 2025-09-24
- Nathalia Fernandez (—, NY-34) — cosponsor · 2025-09-24
- Kristen Gonzalez (—, NY-59) — cosponsor · 2025-09-24
- Andrew Gounardes (—, NY-26) — cosponsor · 2025-09-24
- Pete Harckham (—, NY-40) — cosponsor · 2025-09-24
- Michelle Hinchey (—, NY-41) — cosponsor · 2025-09-24
- Robert Jackson (—, NY-31) — cosponsor · 2025-09-24
- Brian Kavanagh (—, NY-27) — cosponsor · 2025-09-24
- John Liu (—, NY-16) — cosponsor · 2025-09-24
- Rachel May (—, NY-48) — cosponsor · 2025-09-24
- Shelley Mayer (—, NY-37) — cosponsor · 2025-09-24
- Zellnor Myrie (—, NY-20) — cosponsor · 2025-09-24
- Julia Salazar (—, NY-18) — cosponsor · 2025-09-24
- James Sanders Jr. (—, NY-10) — cosponsor · 2025-09-24
- José M. Serrano (—, NY-29) — cosponsor · 2025-09-24
- James Skoufis (—, NY-42) — cosponsor · 2025-09-24
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO RULES
- · senate — AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO RULES
- · senate — PRINT NUMBER 8512A
- · senate — REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
- · senate — AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
- · senate — PRINT NUMBER 8512B
- · senate — COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
- · senate — ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.698
- · senate — PASSED SENATE
- · senate — DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- · assembly — REFERRED TO ENERGY
- · senate — RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- · assembly — RETURNED TO SENATE
- · senate — VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- · senate — AMENDED ON THIRD READING 8512C
Text versions
- Introduced · 2025-09-24 — HTML · Text
- Amendment A · 2025-12-10 — HTML · Text
- Amendment B · 2026-03-20 — HTML · Text
- Amendment C · 2026-05-14 — HTML · Text
Connected on the graph
Inbound (20)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-24 | John Liu | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-09-24 | James Sanders Jr. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-09-24 | Shelley Mayer | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-09-24 | Andrew Gounardes | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-09-24 | Nathalia Fernandez | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-09-24 | James Skoufis | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-09-24 | Michelle Hinchey | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-09-24 | Robert Jackson | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-09-24 | Zellnor Myrie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-09-24 | Brian Kavanagh | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-09-24 | Pete Harckham | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-09-24 | Rachel May | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-09-24 | Kristen Gonzalez | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-09-24 | Julia Salazar | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-09-24 | Leroy Comrie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-09-24 | José M. Serrano | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-09-24 | Samra Brouk | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-09-24 | Jabari Brisport | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-09-24 | Patricia Fahy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-09-24 | Liz Krueger | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | 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 | Liz Krueger (—, state_upper NY-28) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Andrew Gounardes (—, state_upper NY-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Brian Kavanagh (—, state_upper NY-27) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Jabari Brisport (—, state_upper NY-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | James Sanders Jr. (—, state_upper NY-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | James Skoufis (—, state_upper NY-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | John Liu (—, state_upper NY-16) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | José M. Serrano (—, state_upper NY-29) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Julia Salazar (—, state_upper NY-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Kristen Gonzalez (—, state_upper NY-59) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Leroy Comrie (—, state_upper NY-14) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Michelle Hinchey (—, state_upper NY-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Nathalia Fernandez (—, state_upper NY-34) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Patricia Fahy (—, state_upper NY-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Pete Harckham (—, state_upper NY-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Rachel May (—, state_upper NY-48) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Robert Jackson (—, state_upper NY-31) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Samra Brouk (—, state_upper NY-55) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Shelley Mayer (—, state_upper NY-37) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Zellnor Myrie (—, state_upper NY-20) | 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.
- 2025-09-24 · cosponsored by Michelle Hinchey (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-09-24 · cosponsored by Rachel May (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-09-24 · cosponsored by Zellnor Myrie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-09-24 · cosponsored by Kristen Gonzalez (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-09-24 · cosponsored by Samra Brouk (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-09-24 · sponsored by Liz Krueger (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-09-24 · cosponsored by John Liu (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-09-24 · cosponsored by Pete Harckham (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-09-24 · cosponsored by Nathalia Fernandez (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-09-24 · cosponsored by James Sanders Jr. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-09-24 · cosponsored by Robert Jackson (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-09-24 · cosponsored by Julia Salazar (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-09-24 · cosponsored by Brian Kavanagh (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-09-24 · cosponsored by James Skoufis (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-09-24 · cosponsored by Leroy Comrie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-09-24 · cosponsored by José M. Serrano (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-09-24 · cosponsored by Jabari Brisport (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-09-24 · cosponsored by Shelley Mayer (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-09-24 · cosponsored by Patricia Fahy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-09-24 · cosponsored by Andrew Gounardes (cosponsor) · sponsorship