---
type: "Bill"
title: "Imposes an occupancy tax in the city of Cortland"
description: "Imposes an occupancy tax in the city of Cortland to be used for tourism development and promotion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 9816"
citation: "New York A 9816 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LIFTON"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-13"
last_action: "2020-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/886d1e52-50c2-40f8-8e50-2ba38b778123"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A9816"
source_hash: "e517463cfbb1cba680637f8ca9c2838dc06ec664f697e816a17977eff9a1725c"
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 9816 (2019-2020) — Imposes an occupancy tax in the city of Cortland

Imposes an occupancy tax in the city of Cortland to be used for tourism development and promotion.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9816** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9816&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **44–16** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **107–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- LIFTON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-13** 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.97
- **2020-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.97
- **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 S7778
- **2020-07-22** 3RD READING CAL.984
- **2020-07-22** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2020-07-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-22** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-12-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.361 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/886d1e52-50c2-40f8-8e50-2ba38b778123`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).