Bill Commons

NY S 4601

in committee

Relates to exempting school supplies from sales tax during a specified period each year

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 4601 pass?

Not yet. NY S 4601 is in committee as of 2026-04-01 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-04-01): PRINT NUMBER 4601A

What is NY S 4601 about?

Exempts basic school supplies from sales tax during the 15 day period prior to Labor day.

Who sponsors NY S 4601?

Andrew Gounardes is the primary sponsor of NY S 4601, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Exempts basic school supplies from sales tax during the 15 day period prior to Labor day.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-04-01 — PRINT NUMBER 4601A
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Andrew Gounardesprimary
  • Steve Rhoadscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-10

    REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-03-12

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-02-10

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-04-01

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  6. 2026-04-01

    PRINT NUMBER 4601A

    amendment-passage

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Budget And Revenue Vote

    2025-03-12 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.: yes
    • Andrew Gounardes: yes
    • Jessica Ramos: yes
    • Steve Rhoads: yes
    • William Weber: yes
    • Liz Krueger: yes
    • Leroy Comrie: excused

  • Budget And Revenue Vote

    2026-02-10 · pass · 6-1

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.: yes
    • Leroy Comrie: yes
    • Andrew Gounardes: yes
    • Jessica Ramos: yes
    • Steve Rhoads: yes
    • William Weber: yes
    • Liz Krueger: no

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 4744not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 6876

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S4601?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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