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

Action timeline

2025-09-24 · senate — REFERRED TO RULES
2025-12-10 · senate — AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO RULES
2025-12-10 · senate — PRINT NUMBER 8512A
2026-01-07 · senate — REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
2026-03-20 · senate — AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
2026-03-20 · senate — PRINT NUMBER 8512B
2026-04-20 · senate — COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
2026-04-20 · senate — ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.698
2026-04-21 · senate — PASSED SENATE
2026-04-21 · senate — DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2026-04-22 · assembly — REFERRED TO ENERGY
2026-05-14 · senate — RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
2026-05-14 · assembly — RETURNED TO SENATE
2026-05-14 · senate — VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
2026-05-14 · 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	Liz Krueger	sponsor_of_bill	—	sponsor	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

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	Voted	Score
1	Liz Krueger (—, state_upper NY-28)	sponsor	—	5
2	Andrew Gounardes (—, state_upper NY-26)	cosponsor	—	1
3	Brian Kavanagh (—, state_upper NY-27)	cosponsor	—	1
4	Jabari Brisport (—, state_upper NY-25)	cosponsor	—	1
5	James Sanders Jr. (—, state_upper NY-10)	cosponsor	—	1
6	James Skoufis (—, state_upper NY-42)	cosponsor	—	1
7	John Liu (—, state_upper NY-16)	cosponsor	—	1
8	José M. Serrano (—, state_upper NY-29)	cosponsor	—	1
9	Julia Salazar (—, state_upper NY-18)	cosponsor	—	1
10	Kristen Gonzalez (—, state_upper NY-59)	cosponsor	—	1
11	Leroy Comrie (—, state_upper NY-14)	cosponsor	—	1
12	Michelle Hinchey (—, state_upper NY-41)	cosponsor	—	1
13	Nathalia Fernandez (—, state_upper NY-34)	cosponsor	—	1
14	Patricia Fahy (—, state_upper NY-46)	cosponsor	—	1
15	Pete Harckham (—, state_upper NY-40)	cosponsor	—	1
16	Rachel May (—, state_upper NY-48)	cosponsor	—	1
17	Robert Jackson (—, state_upper NY-31)	cosponsor	—	1
18	Samra Brouk (—, state_upper NY-55)	cosponsor	—	1
19	Shelley Mayer (—, state_upper NY-37)	cosponsor	—	1
20	Zellnor Myrie (—, state_upper NY-20)	cosponsor	—	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

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