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A 2217: Exempts retail sales of bottled water from the imposition of sales and use taxes.
What A 2217 does, verified March 18, 2026
The proposed law aims to exempt certain sales of bottled water from sales and use taxes. It would allow sales of bottled water for $1.50 or less sold through vending machines that accept only coin or currency to be exempt from taxes. Additionally, sales of bottled water for $2 or less sold through vending machines that accept other forms of payment would also be exempt. The law would take effect on the first day of a sales tax quarterly period and apply to sales made on or after that date.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
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Last action: referred to ways and means (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 2217
- What is the current status of A 2217?
- As of March 18, 2026, A 2217 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to ways and means".
- Did A 2217 pass?
- Not yet. A 2217 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 2217, and where is it now?
- A 2217 was authored by Asm. Angelo Santabarbara with 3 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Ways & Means.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to ways and means |
| Jan. 15, 2025 | referred to ways and means |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 15, 2025 · 343 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2217 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 15, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting sales of bottled water from sales and use taxes The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of 2 section 1115 of the tax law, as amended by section 1 of part J of chap- 3 ter 59 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows: 4 (B) Until May thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five, the food and 5 drink excluded from the exemption provided by clauses (i), (ii) and 6 (iii) of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph[, and bottled water,] shall 7 be exempt under this subparagraph: (i) when sold for one dollar and 8 fifty cents or less through any vending machine that accepts coin or 9 currency only; or (ii) when sold for two dollars or less through any 10 vending machine that accepts any form of payment other than coin or 11 currency, whether or not it also accepts coin or currency. 12 § 2. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law, as 13 added by chapter 93 of the laws of 1965, is amended to read as follows: 14 (2) (i) Water, when delivered to the consumer through mains or pipes, 15 and (ii) bottled water. 16 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first day of a sales tax quar- 17 terly period, as described in subdivision (b) of section 1136 of the tax 18 law, after the date this act shall have become a law and shall apply to 19 sales made on or after such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05088-01-5
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