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S 5468: Allows a tax exemption for taxpayers in the amount of the purchase price of a fire extinguisher, fire alarm, heat alarm or carbon monoxide alarm purchased for residential use during the month of October.
What S 5468 does, verified January 22, 2026
The bill aims to provide a tax exemption for fire extinguishers and fire, heat, and carbon monoxide alarms purchased for residential use. The exemption applies to purchases made during the month of October. The exemption takes effect thirty days after the bill becomes a law and applies to eligible products purchased on or after that date.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 5468
- What is the current status of S 5468?
- As of January 22, 2026, S 5468 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 BUDGET AND REVENUE".
- Did S 5468 pass?
- Not yet. S 5468 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 5468, and where is it now?
- S 5468 was authored by Sen. Leroy Comrie with 12 coauthors. Its committee of record is Senate Budget & Revenue.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE |
| Feb. 21, 2025 | REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 21, 2025 · 213 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5468 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, BORRELLO, HELMING, MARTINS, OBERACKER, ROLI- SON, STEC, TEDISCO, WEBB, WEBER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Budget and Revenue AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to allowing a tax exemption with respect to fire extinguishers and fire, heat and carbon monoxide alarms purchased for residential use The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law is amended 2 by adding a new paragraph 47 to read as follows: 3 (47) Fire extinguishers, fire alarms, heat alarms or carbon monoxide 4 alarms purchased for residential use during the month of October. 5 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 6 have become a law and shall apply to eligible fire extinguishers, fire 7 alarms, heat alarms and carbon monoxide alarms purchased on or after 8 such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09131-01-5
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