A 5779: Excludes from federal adjusted gross income the amount of any service award, benefit or allowance paid to a duly enrolled volunteer member of an auxiliary police force.
What A 5779 does, verified January 10, 2026
The bill aims to exclude from federal adjusted gross income the amount of any service award, benefit, or allowance paid to a duly enrolled volunteer member of an auxiliary police force. This change would provide tax benefits to these individuals, allowing them to keep more of their earnings. The bill would take effect immediately and apply to taxable years beginning on January 1, 2025.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to ways and means (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5779
- What is the current status of A 5779?
- As of January 10, 2026, A 5779 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 5779 pass?
- Not yet. A 5779 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5779, and where is it now?
- A 5779 was authored by Asm. Daniel Norber. 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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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to ways and means |
| Jun. 06, 2025 | held for consideration in ways and means |
| Feb. 20, 2025 | referred to ways and means |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 20, 2025 · 187 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5779 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 20, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. NORBER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to excluding from federal adjusted gross income the amount of any service award, benefit or allowance paid to a duly enrolled volunteer member of an auxiliary police force The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 612 of the tax law is amended by 2 adding a new paragraph 48 to read as follows: 3 (48) The amount of any service award, benefit or allowance paid to a 4 duly enrolled volunteer member of an auxiliary police force. 5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be applicable to 6 taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2025. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09582-01-5
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