S 8515 — Allows customers to decline the installation of smart meters
Congress · introduced 2025-09-26
Enacts the "consumer utility meter choice protection act"; allows customers to decline the installation of smart meters without being liable for fees.
Latest action: 2026-01-07 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Christopher Ryan (—, NY-50) — sponsor · 2025-09-26
- Peter Oberacker (—, NY-51) — cosponsor · 2025-09-26
- James Tedisco (—, NY-44) — cosponsor · 2025-09-26
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO RULES
- · senate — REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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Inbound (3)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-26 | James Tedisco | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-09-26 | Peter Oberacker | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-09-26 | Christopher Ryan | 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 | Christopher Ryan (—, state_upper NY-50) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | James Tedisco (—, state_upper NY-44) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Peter Oberacker (—, state_upper NY-51) | 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.
- 2025-09-26 · cosponsored by Peter Oberacker (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-09-26 · sponsored by Christopher Ryan (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-09-26 · cosponsored by James Tedisco (cosponsor) · sponsorship