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Home/Bills/A 7958New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
Assembly BillIntroducedTAX

A 7958: Exempts used books from sales use taxes including second-hand purchases, up to one hundred dollars per item.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified May 5, 2026

What A 7958 does, verified May 5, 2026

The bill aims to exempt used books from collection sales and use taxes. This exemption applies to items with a receipt or consideration given less than one hundred dollars per item. The change takes effect immediately upon the bill's passage.

Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to ways and means (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7958
What is the current status of A 7958?
As of May 5, 2026, A 7958 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 7958 pass?
Not yet. A 7958 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
Who wrote A 7958, and where is it now?
A 7958 was authored by Asm. Linda Rosenthal with 5 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Ways & Means. It is filed under TAX, alongside 323 other New York TAX bills this session.
Author and sponsors
Asm. Linda RosenthalAuthor · New York State Assembly
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Coauthors
Catalina CruzKarines ReyesJonathan RiveraHarry BronsonJessica González-Rojas
Recent actions4 total · showing 4
Jan. 07, 2026referred to ways and means
May. 21, 2025print number 7958a
May. 21, 2025amend and recommit to ways and means
Apr. 16, 2025referred to ways and means
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 16, 2025 · 158 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7958 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY April 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting used books from the collection 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. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "Paid-In Act". 3 § 2. Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law is amended by 4 adding a new paragraph 47 to read as follows: 5 (47) used books, which shall include secondhand purchases. 6 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11607-02-5
Text of A 7958 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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