---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to establishing beneficial ownership for limited liability companies"
description: "Requires the real property transfer tax return relating to residential property sold or purchased by a limited liability company to include information on the ownership of such company."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 1730"
citation: "New York S 1730 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SKOUFIS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1772a244-1282-4553-83b2-0f54c7703d3f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S1730"
source_hash: "367ab8b332faf034ad85b9c4c0f952a6aebee920dd645e0dcde725a701226b4f"
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 S 1730 (2019-2020) — Relates to establishing beneficial ownership for limited liability companies

Requires the real property transfer tax return relating to residential property sold or purchased by a limited liability company to include information on the ownership of such company.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1730** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1730&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **42–20** (pass) · upper
- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **105–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SKOUFIS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** 1ST REPORT CAL.132
- **2019-02-11** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-02-12** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-17** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-17** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-17** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7190
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.543
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-09-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-09-13** SIGNED CHAP.297 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1772a244-1282-4553-83b2-0f54c7703d3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).