NY State Senate Bill 2025-S1788

Senate Bill S1788

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Extends eligibility for real property tax exemptions to veterans who served on a submarine or on classified missions during a period of war

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Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 01, 2025	advanced to third reading
Apr 30, 2025	2nd report cal.
Apr 29, 2025	1st report cal.740
Jan 13, 2025	referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs

Votes

- Apr 29, 2025 - Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee Vote
  S1788
  
  9
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee Vote: Apr 29, 2025
      
      aye (9)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Ashby
      
      Baskin
      
      Harckham
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      Serrano
      
      Stec
      
      Weik

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2025-S1788 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5578
Law Section:: Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §458-a, RPT L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S9050, A10187

2025-S1788 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends eligibility for real property tax exemptions to veterans who served on a submarine or on classified missions during a period of war as documented by military service records.

2025-S1788 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1788

SPONSOR: HINCHEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to real property
tax exemptions for veterans

 
PURPOSE:

To provide a real property tax exemption to veterans who have served on
submarines or on classified missions during a period of war.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 provides for a 10 percent property tax abatement for veterans
who have served on classified missions or on a submarine during a period
of war.

Section 2 is the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:

This bill would expand the 10 percent real property tax abatement
currently available to veterans who have served in a combat zone to also
include veterans who have served on classified missions or a submarine
during a period of war. Currently, a veteran must provide proof of
location to show they were in a conflict zone in order to qualify for
the tax benefit. However, it is often impossible for veterans of classi-
fied missions or those stationed on submarines to do this as their
locations are almost always restricted or because of the difficulty of
providing records showing where a submarine was located while deployed.
It is especially difficult for these veterans to prove their eligibility
for this tax abatement because current law requires proof that one has
been in a combat zone in the form of a ribbon or medal granted for such
service, which one may not have received for the reasons cited above.

New York State must ensure that all veterans in the state receive the
benefits they are entitled to and this bill will ensure that many veter-
ans who have been left out will now receive the tax benefit they
deserve.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2024: S9050 (passed Senate) / A10187 (referred to veterans affairs)

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S1788 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1788
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  HINCHEY,  ASHBY,  STEC, TEDISCO -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs
 
 AN  ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to real property
   tax exemptions for veterans

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 458-a of the real
 property  tax  law,  as  amended  by chapter 473 of the laws of 2004, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (b) In addition to the exemption provided by  paragraph  (a)  of  this
 subdivision, where the veteran served in a combat theatre or combat zone
 of  operations,  as  documented by the award of a United States campaign
 ribbon or service medal, or the armed forces expeditionary  medal,  navy
 expeditionary  medal, marine corps expeditionary medal, or global war on
 terrorism expeditionary medal, OR WHERE THE VETERAN SERVED ON  A  SUBMA-
 RINE  OR  ON CLASSIFIED MISSIONS DURING A PERIOD OF WAR AS DOCUMENTED BY
 MILITARY SERVICE RECORDS,  qualifying  residential  real  property  also
 shall  be  exempt  from  taxation  to  the  extent of ten percent of the
 assessed value of such property; provided, however, that such  exemption
 shall not exceed eight thousand dollars or the product of eight thousand
 dollars multiplied by the latest state equalization rate for the assess-
 ing  unit,  or in the case of a special assessing unit, the class ratio,
 whichever is less.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05448-01-5

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