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Home/Bills/S 4494New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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S 4494: Extends certain provisions relating to an occupancy tax for hotels and motels in the city of Port Jervis.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified August 8, 2025

What S 4494 does, verified August 8, 2025

The bill aims to extend the effectiveness of a tax measure in the city of Port Jervis. This measure, which was initially established in 2020, allows for the establishment of an occupancy tax in the city. The bill will make this measure permanent and effective immediately. It will also set a sunset date of September 1, 2027, after which the provisions of the measure will be deemed repealed.

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Last action: SIGNED CHAP.269 (2025-08-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 4494
What is the current status of S 4494?
As of August 8, 2025, S 4494 is recorded as "Chaptered/Signed": it has been signed by the Governor and chaptered into law. The last recorded action, on August 7, 2025, was "SIGNED CHAP.269".
Did S 4494 pass?
Yes. S 4494 passed both houses and was signed into law (last action August 7, 2025). New York laws take effect on the date written into the bill, often immediately on signing or a set number of days afterward.
Who wrote S 4494, and where is it now?
S 4494 was authored by Sen. James Skoufis.
Author and sponsors
Sen. James SkoufisAuthor · New York State Senate
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Recent actions16 total · showing 5
Aug. 07, 2025SIGNED CHAP.269
Aug. 04, 2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Jun. 13, 2025returned to senate
Jun. 13, 2025passed assembly
Jun. 13, 2025home rule request
Full action history, 11 earlier actionsConnect Plus
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 5, 2025 · 214 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4494 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE February 5, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend chapter 368 of the laws of 2020, amending the tax law relating to allowing for the establishment of an occupancy tax in the city of Port Jervis, in relation to extending the effectiveness there- of 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 368 of the laws of 2020, amending the 2 tax law relating to allowing for the establishment of an occupancy tax 3 in the city of Port Jervis, as amended by chapter 461 of the laws of 4 2022, is amended to read as follows: 5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire September 6 1, [2025] 2028 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be 7 deemed repealed. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02213-01-5
Text of S 4494 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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