# New York A 8154: Relates to removing the salary of the chair of NYSERDA

New York A 8154, Relates to removing the salary of the chair of NYSERDA, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Edward Braunstein (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-11-12 (SIGNED CHAP.497) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: New York A 8154
- State: New York
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Relates to removing the salary of the chair of NYSERDA
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-05-02
- Last action: 2025-11-12, SIGNED CHAP.497
- Sponsor: Edward Braunstein (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS, WAYS AND MEANS, RULES
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (201 yes, 3 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Energy board members can hold private jobs: benefit, low. NYSERDA board members may hold private jobs, except the NYSERDA chair, state environmental commissioner, and Public Service Commission chair. Private work remains subject to sections 73 and 74 of the Public Officers Law. For those ethics rules, NYSERDA is a state agency and all members, including i…
- New York energy authority chair loses pay: cost, medium. The chair of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) no longer receives pay for that service. All board members, including the chair, remain entitled to repayment of actual and necessary costs of official duties. The law removes the chair from a state officer list in…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Edward Braunstein (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-06-11 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 56 | 3 |   |
| 2025-05-27 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 145 | 0 |   |

## Actions (15)

- 2025-11-12: SIGNED CHAP.497 (House)
- 2025-11-03: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (House)
- 2025-06-11: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-06-11: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-06-11: 3RD READING CAL.1594 (Senate)
- 2025-06-11: SUBSTITUTED FOR S8318 (Senate)
- 2025-05-27: REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS (Senate)
- 2025-05-27: DELIVERED TO SENATE (House)
- 2025-05-27: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House)
- 2025-05-27: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.276 (House)
- 2025-05-27: RULES REPORT CAL.276 (House)
- 2025-05-27: REPORTED (House)
- 2025-05-22: REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES (House)
- 2025-05-06: REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS (House)
- 2025-05-02: REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS (House)

## Bill text

- Original, 2025-05-02: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A8154)

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## Sources
- [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A8154)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A8154-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).