---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes a real property tax exemption task force"
description: "Establishes a real property tax exemption task force."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 3679"
citation: "New York S 3679 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HARCKHAM"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2020-12-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/126e0c72-ca08-48dd-8169-4a6ee3c5e89d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S3679"
source_hash: "2acbe1bfeb18b296504b1d05f79c28ef40ac8894a1d234e74f27caad8112342c"
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 3679 (2019-2020) — Establishes a real property tax exemption task force

Establishes a real property tax exemption task force.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3679** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3679&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S3679A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S3679A)

## Votes

- Local Government Vote - Version: A — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **43–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HARCKHAM — primary (person)
- METZGER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-15** PRINT NUMBER 3679A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-27** 1ST REPORT CAL.274
- **2020-01-28** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2020-01-29** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2020-02-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-02-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-02-11** REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3330A
- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.298
- **2020-07-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-11-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-02** SIGNED CHAP.317 `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-02** APPROVAL MEMO.27

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/126e0c72-ca08-48dd-8169-4a6ee3c5e89d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).