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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to real property tax exemptions for persons with disabilities"
+description: "Adds a person with a disability who has their primary residence in a special needs trust, or a property owner who has a tenant with a disability whose lease provides them with a life interest in the property as long as the tenant remains in residence as eligible for a real property tax exemption pursuant to section 459-c of the real property tax law."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "S 8903"
+citation: "New York S 8903 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Monica Martinez"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-03-26"
+last_action: "2024-07-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52162c4f-72d1-45ef-8f0f-48e84eea4f3a"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8903"
+source_hash: "6098f34a279adbe441cd7ace159ffabf84292765e73f6811d799b424991b7d04"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York S 8903 (2023-2024) — Relates to real property tax exemptions for persons with disabilities
+
+Adds a person with a disability who has their primary residence in a special needs trust, or a property owner who has a tenant with a disability whose lease provides them with a life interest in the property as long as the tenant remains in residence as eligible for a real property tax exemption pursuant to section 459-c of the real property tax law.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S8903** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8903&term=2023&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
+- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Monica Martinez — primary (person)
+- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
+- Mario Mattera — cosponsor (person)
+- Steve Rhoads — cosponsor (person)
+- William Weber — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-26** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-15** 1ST REPORT CAL.808
+- **2024-04-16** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2024-04-17** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
+- **2024-05-15** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2024-05-15** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-05-16** REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9948
+- **2024-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.509
+- **2024-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2024-06-06** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2024-07-25** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-07-25** SIGNED CHAP.209 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52162c4f-72d1-45ef-8f0f-48e84eea4f3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+