---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to excluding annuity roll-over transfers from taxable income for seniors"
description: "Relates to excluding annuity roll-over transfers from taxable income for seniors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 1603"
citation: "New York A 1603 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SKOUFIS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d0d443d-44bd-469c-b8a0-9cf50032b23e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A1603"
source_hash: "8db446bd32b79995b183b1ea3f75200d05ed61bff46b1cd4566865a455992d3b"
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 1603 (2017-2018) — Relates to excluding annuity roll-over transfers from taxable income for seniors

Relates to excluding annuity roll-over transfers from taxable income for seniors.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A1603 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1603&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A1603 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A1603)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SKOUFIS — primary (person)
- DENDEKKER — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONALD — cosponsor (person)
- RAIA — cosponsor (person)
- SKARTADOS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-12** REFERRED TO AGING `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02** REPORTED
- **2017-05-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.266
- **2017-05-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-05-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-05-09** REFERRED TO AGING `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4732
- **2017-06-20** 3RD READING CAL.1101
- **2017-06-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-20** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-08-31** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-12** SIGNED CHAP.279 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d0d443d-44bd-469c-b8a0-9cf50032b23e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).