All Roll Calls
Yes: 160 • No: 46
New YorkA 19692025-2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
Authorizes the village of Chester to impose a hotel and motel tax; and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
Sponsored By: Brian Maher (Republican)
Signed by Governor
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Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Chester keeps lodging tax revenue
Any lodging tax Chester adopts under this law must go into the village treasury and its general fund. The village can use that money for any lawful village purpose. The law does not promise a specific service or direct household payment. This rule applies during the authorization period, which ends two years after the act takes effect.
Chester can tax overnight lodging guests
The law lets the Village of Chester, in Orange County, adopt an added lodging tax through a local law. The tax cannot exceed 5% of each room’s daily rental rate. It covers hotels, motels, bed-and-breakfasts, and tourist lodging. People occupying a room for at least 90 consecutive days are exempt. Exemptions also cover New York public bodies, the federally immune U.S. government, and qualifying nonprofits serving religious, charitable, educational, or cruelty-prevention purposes. Local rules can require guests to pay lodging operators, who must collect and send the tax to the village. The village’s chief fiscal officer can administer the tax, with monthly returns or another reasonable filing period. Court challenges to final tax decisions generally require filing within 30 days of notice, plus tax deposits and required surety guarantees. Refund-denial challenges also have filing and guarantee requirements. Additional tax assessments generally have a three-year limit after a return is filed; willful fraud or no return removes that limit. The act takes effect immediately and expires two years later.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Brian Maher
Republican • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 6/12/2025
FLOOR Vote
Yes: 45 • No: 14
House vote • 6/10/2025
Assembly floor vote
Yes: 115 • No: 32
Actions Timeline
SIGNED CHAP.443
10/16/2025HouseDELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
10/9/2025HouseRETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
6/12/2025SenatePASSED SENATE
6/12/2025SenateHOME RULE REQUEST
6/12/2025Senate3RD READING CAL.1899
6/12/2025SenateSUBSTITUTED FOR S7650A
6/12/2025SenateREFERRED TO RULES
6/10/2025SenateDELIVERED TO SENATE
6/10/2025HousePASSED ASSEMBLY
6/10/2025HouseHOME RULE REQUEST
6/10/2025HouseORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.551
6/10/2025HouseRULES REPORT CAL.551
6/10/2025HouseREPORTED
6/10/2025HouseREPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
6/6/2025HousePRINT NUMBER 1969A
2/3/2025HouseAMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS
2/3/2025HouseREFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
1/14/2025House
Bill Text
Amendment A
2/3/2025
Original
1/14/2025
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