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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 231: Exempts from state income taxation the first $250,000 earned by four-year college graduates or the first $150,000 earned by two-year graduates

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

S 231 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Exempts from state income taxation the first $250,000 earned by four-year college graduates or the first $150,000 earned by two-year graduates. Primary sponsor: Jim Tedisco (Republican/Conservative). Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE.

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Official summary

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

Enacts the graduate outreach assistance law to exempt from state income taxation the first two hundred fifty thousand dollars, with a fifty thousand dollar cap per year, earned by a four-year college graduate and the first one hundred fifty thousand dollars, with a twenty-five thousand dollar cap per year, earned by a two-year college graduate.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican/Conservative 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jim TediscoPrimary sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate44

“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 BUDGET AND REVENUE
  2. REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE

Sources

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