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Home/Bills/S 636New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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S 636: Creates a sales and use tax exemption for school buses and related items.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified September 22, 2026

What S 636 does, verified September 22, 2026

The bill aims to exempt school buses and related items from the state sales tax. School buses and their necessary parts, equipment, lubricants, and fuel will be exempt from the tax. The exemption will take effect on the first day of a quarterly sales tax period, starting after April 1, 2027. The exemption is intended to support the operation of school buses and their maintenance.

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Last action: PRINT NUMBER 636A (2026-03-11)Alert me
Recent actions4 total · showing 4
Mar. 11, 2026PRINT NUMBER 636A
Mar. 11, 2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO BUDGET AND REVENUE
Jan. 07, 2026REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE
Jan. 08, 2025REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 243 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 636 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 a sales and use tax exemption for school buses and related items 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) School buses as such term is defined in section one hundred 4 forty-two of the vehicle and traffic law, and parts, equipment, lubri- 5 cants and fuel purchased and used in their operation. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of a quarterly sales 7 tax period, as set forth in subdivision (b) of section 1136 of the tax 8 law, next succeeding April 1, 2026. Effective immediately, the addition, 9 amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the 10 implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be 11 made and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02590-01-5 
Text of S 636 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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