---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes Yaphank Presbyterian Church to file an application for exemption for real property taxation"
description: "Authorizes Yaphank Presbyterian Church to file an application for exemption for real property taxation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 8657"
citation: "New York S 8657 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LAVALLE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-05-10"
last_action: "2018-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/485530a0-33d9-460c-b35a-348790420db6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S8657"
source_hash: "91530adee5c883f46ce20caf18c2546803d2835e7f331ae0ca50ef578174ab07"
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 8657 (2017-2018) — Authorizes Yaphank Presbyterian Church to file an application for exemption for real property taxation

Authorizes Yaphank Presbyterian Church to file an application for exemption for real property taxation.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8657 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8657&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S8657 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S8657)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **23–2** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **59–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LAVALLE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-10** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-05** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1616
- **2018-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-07** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-06-07** REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10680
- **2018-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.370
- **2018-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2018-07-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-31** SIGNED CHAP.184 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/485530a0-33d9-460c-b35a-348790420db6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).