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NY S 711

in committee

Relates to the procedure for voting increases in the rate of state taxes

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 711 pass?

Not yet. NY S 711 is in committee as of 2026-02-03 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-02-03): OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

What is NY S 711 about?

Provides that no bill which increases, extends, imposes or revives any tax, fee, assessment, surcharge or any other such levy or collection, be passed or become a law, except by the assent of two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the legislature voting separately; makes an exception for any bill which results from the passage of a home rule message.

Who sponsors NY S 711?

Steve Rhoads is the primary sponsor of NY S 711, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Provides that no bill which increases, extends, imposes or revives any tax, fee, assessment, surcharge or any other such levy or collection, be passed or become a law, except by the assent of two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the legislature voting separately; makes an exception for any bill which results from the passage of a home rule message.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-02-03 — OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Steve Rhoadsprimary
  • George Borrellocosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-01-08

    TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

  3. 2025-01-31

    OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-01-08

    TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

  6. 2026-02-03

    OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8402not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1298not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2215not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 4541not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 10155

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S711?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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