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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishes an active service exemption"
+description: "Authorizes municipalities to offer a real property tax exemption for active military service members who at any time during the taxable year performed active duty in the armed forces in a combat zone; defines terms; makes related provisions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "S 2068"
+citation: "New York S 2068 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jessica Scarcella-Spanton"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-15"
+last_action: "2025-12-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc5af9b9-35e7-4be0-8136-451a47620038"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S2068"
+source_hash: "37fd20b3233f62c0484904cf618fffdac7a98fcc881ad4d1484d90901b572600"
+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 2068 (2025-2026) — Establishes an active service exemption
+
+Authorizes municipalities to offer a real property tax exemption for active military service members who at any time during the taxable year performed active duty in the armed forces in a combat zone; defines terms; makes related provisions.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S2068** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2068&term=2025&Text=Y)
+2. **S2068A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S2068A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
+- Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Vote — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton — primary (person)
+- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mario Mattera — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Rolison — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-15** REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-04** 1ST REPORT CAL.265
+- **2025-02-05** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2025-02-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
+- **2025-03-26** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 2068A `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-27** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-05-27** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-05-27** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-29** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6579
+- **2025-05-29** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.329
+- **2025-05-29** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-05-29** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.677 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-12-19** APPROVAL MEMO.58
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc5af9b9-35e7-4be0-8136-451a47620038`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+