Designates certain utility workers first responders during a declared state disaster emergency

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Designates certain employees of public utilities, municipal utilities, electric corporations, gas corporations, water corporations, steam corporations, telecommunications corporations, and cable television companies as first responders during a declared state disaster emergency.

Chamber: Senate
Introduced: Feb 19, 2026
Last action: Feb 19, 2026 — REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
Session: 2025-2026
Momentum: 36 · Low

PASSAGE PROBABILITY

1% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base In Committee — base rate 5%, measured from NY's completed sessions
Momentum -3 36/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 241 days quiet

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