---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to allowing certain special assessing units other than cities to adjust their current base proportions"
description: "Allows certain special assessing units other than cities to adjust their current base proportions; gives special and approved assessing units the authority to tailor their \"cap\" to local conditions each year, thereby removing the annual uncertainty; relates to adjusted base proportions for assessment rolls; relates to the base proportion in approved assessing units in Nassau county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 2851"
citation: "New York A 2851 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LAVINE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-02-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da8760f5-fcdc-4a85-a06f-3be8b806632e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A2851"
source_hash: "76587a62431d2f6ce7bf6a3766105c1fe6934a29f80dd682810e317618ec8ad3"
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 2851 (2019-2020) — Relates to allowing certain special assessing units other than cities to adjust their current base proportions

Allows certain special assessing units other than cities to adjust their current base proportions; gives special and approved assessing units the authority to tailor their "cap" to local conditions each year, thereby removing the annual uncertainty; relates to adjusted base proportions for assessment rolls; relates to the base proportion in approved assessing units in Nassau county.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2851** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2851&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **122–22** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LAVINE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** REPORTED
- **2019-01-28** RULES REPORT CAL.27
- **2019-01-28** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.27
- **2019-01-28** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-01-28** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-01-28** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1891A
- **2019-01-29** 3RD READING CAL.88
- **2019-01-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-01-29** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-02-04** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-15** SIGNED CHAP.12 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da8760f5-fcdc-4a85-a06f-3be8b806632e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).