---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to allowing for the establishment of an occupancy tax in the city of Port Jervis"
description: "Allows for the establishment of an occupancy tax in the city of Port Jervis of up to three percent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4717"
citation: "New York S 4717 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["METZGER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-03-21"
last_action: "2020-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/450ee41c-7c7f-491b-bcf7-b8810f6cd4ae"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4717"
source_hash: "787edafa69e4a5b9355c8c3cb09a8aa7348c2d78cc034e02684025adfc585953"
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 4717 (2019-2020) — Relates to allowing for the establishment of an occupancy tax in the city of Port Jervis

Allows for the establishment of an occupancy tax in the city of Port Jervis of up to three percent.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4717** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4717&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S4717A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S4717A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **113–28** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **17–2** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **17–2** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **45–17** (pass) · upper
- Investigations And Government Operations Vote - Version: A — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **38–22** (pass) · upper
- Finance Vote - Version: A — **21–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- METZGER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-21** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-05** PRINT NUMBER 4717A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-18** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1505
- **2019-06-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-18** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-18** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-20** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-21** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.883
- **2020-07-23** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2020-07-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-23** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-07-23** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6079A
- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.303
- **2020-07-23** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2020-07-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-12-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.368 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/450ee41c-7c7f-491b-bcf7-b8810f6cd4ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).