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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to the real property tax exemption for surviving spouses of volunteer firefighters or volunteer ambulance workers killed in the line of duty"
+description: "Amends the real property tax exemption for surviving spouses of volunteer firefighters or volunteer ambulance workers killed in the line of duty to permit continuation of such exemption for volunteer members with service between two and five years."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "S 688"
+citation: "New York S 688 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Monica Martinez"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-08"
+last_action: "2025-12-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abe93918-5a95-49ac-acce-9bbbe64ca361"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S688"
+source_hash: "f2b094e569b2e1c392e1f31fc0f44a521f97c1bfd1b4d17b41f9fee1afd6c9cc"
+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 688 (2025-2026) — Relates to the real property tax exemption for surviving spouses of volunteer firefighters or volunteer ambulance workers killed in the line of duty
+
+Amends the real property tax exemption for surviving spouses of volunteer firefighters or volunteer ambulance workers killed in the line of duty to permit continuation of such exemption for volunteer members with service between two and five years.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S688** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S688&term=2025&Text=Y)
+2. **S688A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S688A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
+- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Monica Martinez — primary (person)
+- Anthony H. Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
+- Christopher Ryan — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean Murray — cosponsor (person)
+- George Borrello — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
+- Mario Mattera — cosponsor (person)
+- Peter Oberacker — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Rolison — cosponsor (person)
+- Steve Rhoads — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas F. O'Mara — cosponsor (person)
+- William Weber — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-25** 1ST REPORT CAL.373
+- **2025-02-26** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2025-03-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
+- **2025-03-10** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 688A `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-04-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-04-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-04-01** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5619A
+- **2025-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.616
+- **2025-06-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2025-12-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-12-05** SIGNED CHAP.592 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abe93918-5a95-49ac-acce-9bbbe64ca361`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+