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A 7136: Excludes environmental contamination from consideration as a factor for assessment.
What A 7136 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill aims to exclude environmental contamination from consideration when assessing real property taxes. This means that the presence of environmental contamination will no longer be taken into account when determining a property's taxable value. The changes will take effect immediately and will apply to real properties with a taxable status date on or after the effective date.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to real property taxation (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7136
- What is the current status of A 7136?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 7136 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 real property taxation".
- Did A 7136 pass?
- Not yet. A 7136 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7136, and where is it now?
- A 7136 was authored by Asm. James Pretlow. Its committee of record is Assembly Real Property Taxation.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to real property taxation |
| Mar. 20, 2025 | referred to real property taxation |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 20, 2025 · 166 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7136 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 20, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Real Property Taxation AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to excluding environmental contamination from consideration as a factor for assess- ment The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 706 of the real property tax law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3 3. For the purposes of assessment, environmental contamination shall 4 be excluded from consideration. 5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to real 6 property with a taxable status date on or after such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10122-01-5
Text of A 7136 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions