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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Extends the effectiveness of certain sections of law relating to real property tax exemptions for real property owned by volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers"
+description: "Extends the effectiveness of certain sections of law relating to real property tax exemptions for real property owned by volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "A 8657"
+citation: "New York A 8657 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steven Otis"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-05-23"
+last_action: "2025-08-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b258ceb-388d-4a27-9eb1-ce726c1d4ffd"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8657"
+source_hash: "16df130ecb3c2b0ad5c516db06c99c43d7beb1a79b0f3502ebb25969b6034500"
+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 A 8657 (2025-2026) — Extends the effectiveness of certain sections of law relating to real property tax exemptions for real property owned by volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
+
+Extends the effectiveness of certain sections of law relating to real property tax exemptions for real property owned by volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A8657** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8657&term=2025&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steven Otis — primary (person)
+- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
+- Marianne Buttenschon — cosponsor (person)
+- Stacey Pheffer Amato — cosponsor (person)
+- Stefani Zinerman — cosponsor (person)
+- Tommy Schiavoni — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-23** REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-27** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-09** REPORTED
+- **2025-06-09** RULES REPORT CAL.540
+- **2025-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.540
+- **2025-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-06-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2025-06-09** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8409
+- **2025-06-12** 3RD READING CAL.1946
+- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-06-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-08-04** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-08-07** SIGNED CHAP.244 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b258ceb-388d-4a27-9eb1-ce726c1d4ffd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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