---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to imposing an additional two percent occupancy tax in the county of Onondaga"
description: "Imposes an additional two percent occupancy tax in the county of Onondaga, raising the overall rate of such tax from five percent to seven percent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 9738"
citation: "New York A 9738 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HUNTER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-06"
last_action: "2020-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd0fe654-185b-4135-ae9d-e717aa2578b3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A9738"
source_hash: "de9cc67947bbb17dd495bca24b2d2adb185c2f44cad2c0255d2c3defdf8916db"
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 9738 (2019-2020) — Relates to imposing an additional two percent occupancy tax in the county of Onondaga

Imposes an additional two percent occupancy tax in the county of Onondaga, raising the overall rate of such tax from five percent to seven percent.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9738** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9738&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **110–34** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **39–21** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HUNTER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09** REPORTED
- **2020-06-09** RULES REPORT CAL.91
- **2020-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.91
- **2020-06-09** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2020-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-06-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-06-09** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7789
- **2020-07-22** 3RD READING CAL.985
- **2020-07-22** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2020-07-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-12-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.360 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd0fe654-185b-4135-ae9d-e717aa2578b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).