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Assembly Bill A10837

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides a state income tax exemption for police officers

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2025-A10837 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §616, Tax L

2025-A10837 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a state income tax exemption for police officers up to one hundred thousand dollars.

2025-A10837 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10837
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 1, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to providing a state income tax
   exemption for police officers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 616 of the tax law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subsection (c) to read as follows:
   (C)  EXEMPTION.  IN  ADDITION  TO  THE EXEMPTIONS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS
 SECTION, THE FIRST ONE HUNDRED  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  OF  INCOME  SHALL  BE
 EXEMPT  FROM  THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE FOR RESIDENT TAXPAYERS WHO
 ARE CONSIDERED A POLICE OFFICER AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THIRTY-FOUR OF
 SECTION 1.20 OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW. THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PROMUL-
 GATE  SUCH  RULES AND REGULATIONS AS NECESSARY TO VERIFY THE ACCURACY OF
 RETURNS CLAIMING THIS EXEMPTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
 years beginning on or after January 1, 2026.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15236-01-6

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