---
type: "Bill"
title: "Incorporates resource conservation, energy efficiency, green technologies, and alternative and renewable energy measures of project applicants into a uniform tax exemption policy"
description: "Incorporates resource conservation, energy efficiency, green technologies, and alternative and renewable energy measures of project applicants into a uniform tax exemption policy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 1606"
citation: "New York A 1606 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HUNTER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a29a870e-d5b9-49d4-a9a8-45948400a1b8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A1606"
source_hash: "04be2a1276776b31f01f647f4e8d68f0c1bedf2c9a3ef9898e3ed3914f83ded6"
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 1606 (2019-2020) — Incorporates resource conservation, energy efficiency, green technologies, and alternative and renewable energy measures of project applicants into a uniform tax exemption policy

Incorporates resource conservation, energy efficiency, green technologies, and alternative and renewable energy measures of project applicants into a uniform tax exemption policy.

## Version chain

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

1. **A1606** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1606&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **139–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HUNTER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** REPORTED
- **2019-05-16** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.328
- **2019-05-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-05-20** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5609
- **2019-06-18** 3RD READING CAL.1610
- **2019-06-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-23** SIGNED CHAP.386 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a29a870e-d5b9-49d4-a9a8-45948400a1b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).