A 10815: Exempts certain pet food from sales taxes to include specialty pet food.
What A 10815 does, verified July 16, 2026
The bill proposes to exempt pet food from sales taxes. Pet food includes kibble, dry food, wet food, toppers, fresh, frozen, and freeze-dried food. Specialty pet food, which includes commercial feed for specialty pets, is also exempt. The exemptions apply to both general pets and specialty pets. The changes take effect immediately.
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Last action: referred to ways and means (2026-04-01)Alert me
Quick answers about A 10815
- What is the current status of A 10815?
- As of July 16, 2026, A 10815 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on April 1, 2026, was "referred to ways and means".
- Did A 10815 pass?
- Not yet. A 10815 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 10815, and where is it now?
- A 10815 was authored by Asm. Keith Powers with 12 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Ways & Means. It is filed under TAX, alongside 323 other New York TAX bills this session.
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| Apr. 01, 2026 | referred to ways and means |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 1, 2026 · 234 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10815 IN ASSEMBLY April 1, 2026 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. POWERS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting pet food from sales taxes The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law is amended 2 by adding two new paragraphs 47 and 48 to read as follows: 3 (47) Pet food to include kibble, dry food, wet food, toppers, fresh, 4 frozen and freeze-dried food. For the purposes of this subdivision, 5 "pet" shall have the same meaning as such term is defined in subdivision 6 eight of section one hundred twenty-eight of the agriculture and markets 7 law. 8 (48) Specialty pet food which shall include any commercial feed 9 prepared and distributed for consumption by specialty pets. For the 10 purposes of this subdivision, "specialty pet" shall have the same mean- 11 ing as such term is defined in subdivision ten of section one hundred 12 twenty-eight of the agriculture and markets law. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14896-01-6
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