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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 5619: Relates to the real property tax exemption for surviving spouses of volunteer firefighters or volunteer ambulance workers killed in the line of duty

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 5619 is a bill introduced in the New York House on February 18, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to the real property tax exemption for surviving spouses of volunteer firefighters or volunteer ambulance workers killed in the line of duty. Primary sponsor: Steve Stern (Democratic). It lists 11 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 11, 2025): SUBSTITUTED BY S688A.

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.

Amends the real property tax exemption for surviving spouses of volunteer firefighters or volunteer ambulance workers killed in the line of duty to permit continuation of such exemption for volunteer members with service between two and five years.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 7 · Democratic/Working Families 1 · Republican 2 · Republican/Conservative 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Steve SternPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Stacey Pheffer AmatoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Anil BeephanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse105
Karl BrabenecCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Marianne ButtenschonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse119
Joe DeStefanoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse3
Judy GriffinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Paula KayCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse100
Dana LevenbergCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse95
Kwani O'PharrowCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse11
Angelo SantabarbaraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse111
Robert SmullenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse118

“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. SUBSTITUTED BY S688A
  2. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.616
  3. RULES REPORT CAL.616
  4. REPORTED
  5. REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
  6. PRINT NUMBER 5619A
  7. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS
  8. REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
  9. REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION

Sources

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