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Home/Bills/S 6251New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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S 6251: Subjects certain state lands to real property taxation within Orange county.

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

What S 6251 does, verified January 8, 2026

The bill aims to subject certain state lands to real property taxation, except for county purposes. It specifically targets state lands acquired for reforestation purposes under the environmental conservation law, making them subject to taxation in all counties except Orange County. The changes will take effect immediately.

Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 6251
What is the current status of S 6251?
As of January 8, 2026, S 6251 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 LOCAL GOVERNMENT".
Did S 6251 pass?
Not yet. S 6251 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
Who wrote S 6251, and where is it now?
S 6251 was authored by Sen. James Skoufis. Its committee of record is Senate Local Government.
Author and sponsors
Sen. James SkoufisAuthor · New York State Senate
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Recent actions2 total · showing 2
Jan. 07, 2026REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Mar. 07, 2025REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 7, 2025 · 218 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6251 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE March 7, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to subjecting certain state lands to real property taxation The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The section heading and subdivision 1 of section 534 of the 2 real property tax law, the section heading as amended by chapter 736 of 3 the laws of 1962 and subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 351 of the laws 4 of 1977, are amended to read as follows: 5 Certain state lands subject to taxation for all purposes except 6 certain county purposes. 1. Lands owned by the state acquired for 7 reforestation purposes pursuant to section 9-0501 of the environmental 8 conservation law shall be subject to taxation for all purposes except 9 county purposes for all counties other than Orange county. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04778-01-5
Text of S 6251 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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