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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 122: Creates the "disaster preparedness and emergency planning act"; local sales tax exemption for emergency preparedness supplies

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 122 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Creates the "disaster preparedness and emergency planning act"; local sales tax exemption for emergency preparedness supplies. Primary sponsor: Catalina Cruz (Democratic). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Creates the "disaster preparedness and emergency planning act"; authorizes a local sales tax exemption for emergency preparedness supplies; requires the division of homeland security and emergency services, in conjunction with the department of taxation and finance, to establish, promote and publish on the web a list of eligible items; requires the division of homeland security and emergency services to create public service announcements regarding such exemption and make available to municipalities for promotion purposes.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 1 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Catalina CruzPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse39
Stacey Pheffer AmatoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Chris BurdickCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse93
Dave McDonoughCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
  2. REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source