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A 5220: Exempts sales of school supplies from sales tax when purchased between the fourth Thursday in August and the first Monday in September.
What A 5220 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill proposes to exempt certain school supplies from sales tax. It aims to reduce the financial burden on families and schools by exempting products such as computers, art supplies, and classroom essentials. The exemption applies to purchases made between August 22nd and September 1st, including items like backpacks, calculators, crayons, and writing instruments. The exemption is limited to items with a sales price of less than $3,000. The bill takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to ways and means (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5220
- What is the current status of A 5220?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 5220 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 5220 pass?
- Not yet. A 5220 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5220, and where is it now?
- A 5220 was authored by Asm. Jo Anne Simon with 12 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Ways & Means.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to ways and means |
| Feb. 12, 2025 | referred to ways and means |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 12, 2025 · 236 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5220 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 12, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, CRUZ, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, BURDICK, BRONSON, McMAHON, ROZIC, STERN, SANTABARBARA, LUPARDO, BUTTENSCHON, CONRAD, EACHUS, RAGA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a sales tax exemption for school supplies 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 a new paragraph 47 to read as follows: 3 (47) School supply products purchased between the fourth Thursday in 4 August and the first Monday in September, including: 5 (A) computers with a sales price of less than three thousand dollars; 6 (B) art supplies, including but not limited to clay, paints, paint- 7 brushes and drawing pads; 8 (C) supplies normally used in a classroom setting, including but not 9 limited to backpacks, binders, book bags, calculators under three 10 hundred dollars, crayons, erasers, folders, glue, highlighters, lunch 11 boxes, markers, notebooks, paper, pencils, pens, rulers, scissors and 12 writing instruments. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06228-01-5
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