---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits special districts to adopt local laws providing for an exemption for improvements to residential real property for facilitating accessibility of such property to a physically disabled owner"
description: "Permits special districts to adopt local laws providing for an exemption for improvements to residential real property for the purpose of facilitating accessibility of such property to a physically disabled owner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 5137"
citation: "New York A 5137 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GALEF"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-12-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8f21349-332e-46de-9994-6f3ebb786bab"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A5137"
source_hash: "3954be76653d90ea1a7d7059ef7931c81d5fcceda5253011ac64c72910f41e03"
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 5137 (2019-2020) — Permits special districts to adopt local laws providing for an exemption for improvements to residential real property for facilitating accessibility of such property to a physically disabled owner

Permits special districts to adopt local laws providing for an exemption for improvements to residential real property for the purpose of facilitating accessibility of such property to a physically disabled owner.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5137** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5137&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A5137A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A5137A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GALEF — primary (person)
- MILLER ML — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-08** PRINT NUMBER 5137A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** REPORTED
- **2019-06-17** RULES REPORT CAL.350
- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.350
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-18** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6452
- **2019-06-20** 3RD READING CAL.1835
- **2019-06-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-12-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-13** SIGNED CHAP.649 `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-13** APPROVAL MEMO.40

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8f21349-332e-46de-9994-6f3ebb786bab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).