---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to imposing an additional one percent occupancy tax in the city of Niagara Falls to benefit the Discover Niagara shuttle"
description: "Relates to imposing an additional one percent occupancy tax in the city of Niagara Falls to benefit the Discover Niagara Shuttle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 3271"
citation: "New York A 3271 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MORINELLO"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-12-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ace6242f-b89d-4e8a-a041-2078e258a34c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A3271"
source_hash: "c1cb8692b740b8e71ba0d02bd7d775b17a179906f80f21d20113238bb2cec573"
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 3271 (2019-2020) — Relates to imposing an additional one percent occupancy tax in the city of Niagara Falls to benefit the Discover Niagara shuttle

Relates to imposing an additional one percent occupancy tax in the city of Niagara Falls to benefit the Discover Niagara Shuttle.

## Version chain

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

1. **A3271** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3271&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **116–32** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **47–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MORINELLO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** REPORTED
- **2019-06-17** RULES REPORT CAL.444
- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.444
- **2019-06-18** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-18** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2826
- **2019-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1759
- **2019-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-12-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-20** SIGNED CHAP.692 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ace6242f-b89d-4e8a-a041-2078e258a34c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).