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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 5278: Relates to establishing new fee rates for large estates

Passed one chamber 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 5278 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to establishing new fee rates for large estates. Primary sponsor: Luis Sepúlveda (Democratic). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 4, 2026): REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE.

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.

Relates to establishing new fee rates for large estates; raises the fee rate for estates with a value over $5,000,000 to $10,000.

Sponsors

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

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Luis SepúlvedaPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate32
Roxanne PersaudCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate19
Julia SalazarCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18

“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. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
  2. REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
  3. RETURNED TO SENATE
  4. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  5. REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
  6. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  7. PASSED SENATE
  8. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  9. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  10. 1ST REPORT CAL.636
  11. REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

Sources

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