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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 8709: Provides a personal income tax exemption for certain professional athletes residing in New York state

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 8709 is a bill introduced in the New York House on June 2, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Provides a personal income tax exemption for certain professional athletes residing in New York state. Primary sponsor: Josh Jensen (Republican/Conservative/Independence). 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.

Provides a personal income tax exemption for certain professional athletes residing in New York state of up to two hundred fifty thousand dollars of income.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican/Conservative/Independence 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Josh JensenPrimary sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse134

“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