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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 7836: Authorizes the town of Highlands to impose a hotel and motel tax

Enacted 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 7836 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on May 9, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Authorizes the town of Highlands to impose a hotel and motel tax. Primary sponsor: James Skoufis (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (October 16, 2025): SIGNED CHAP.474.

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.

Authorizes the town of Highlands, Orange county, to impose a hotel and motel tax of up to five percent.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
James SkoufisPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate42

“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. SIGNED CHAP.474
  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
  3. RETURNED TO SENATE
  4. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  5. HOME RULE REQUEST
  6. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.6813
  7. SUBSTITUTED FOR A8347
  8. REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
  9. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  10. PASSED SENATE
  11. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1908
  12. COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

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