---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increases hotel and motel taxes in the county of Essex from three to five percent"
description: "Increases hotel and motel taxes in the county of Essex from three to five percent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 7450"
citation: "New York A 7450 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["STEC"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-03"
last_action: "2019-12-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd19c031-fc3d-423f-a417-a8d2d716fbc5"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A7450"
source_hash: "b7439a0024ec6488ca0f02fc7e523b167cf334cc626dda9af1f5b26a8592ae89"
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 7450 (2019-2020) — Increases hotel and motel taxes in the county of Essex from three to five percent

Increases hotel and motel taxes in the county of Essex from three to five percent.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7450** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7450&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **46–16** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **111–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STEC — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-03** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** REPORTED
- **2019-06-11** RULES REPORT CAL.168
- **2019-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.168
- **2019-06-17** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2019-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-17** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-17** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5451
- **2019-06-18** 3RD READING CAL.1511
- **2019-06-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-12-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-20** SIGNED CHAP.700 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd19c031-fc3d-423f-a417-a8d2d716fbc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).