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A 7968: Extends the village of Goshen's authority to impose a hotel and motel tax of up to five percent for an additional two years.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified September 28, 2025

What A 7968 does, verified September 28, 2025

The bill aims to amend the tax law to allow the village of Goshen to impose a hotel and motel tax. The tax will be effective immediately and will expire and be repealed after four years.

Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: substituted by s4495 (2025-06-17)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7968
What is the current status of A 7968?
As of September 28, 2025, A 7968 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on June 17, 2025, was "substituted by s4495".
Did A 7968 pass?
Not yet. A 7968 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
Who wrote A 7968, and where is it now?
A 7968 was authored by Asm. Brian Maher.
Recent actions6 total · showing 5
Jun. 17, 2025substituted by s4495
Jun. 17, 2025ordered to third reading rules cal.909
Jun. 17, 2025rules report cal.909
Jun. 17, 2025reported
Jun. 06, 2025reported referred to rules
Full action history, 1 earlier actionConnect Plus
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 16, 2025 · 182 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7968 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY April 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MAHER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend chapter 290 of the laws of 2023, amending the tax law relating to authorizing the village of Goshen to impose a hotel and motel tax, in relation to the effectiveness thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 290 of the laws of 2023 amending the 2 tax law relating to authorizing the village of Goshen to impose a hotel 3 and motel tax, is amended to read as follows: 4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 5 deemed repealed [2] 4 years after such date. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02217-01-5 
Text of A 7968 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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