---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to authorizing the county of Westchester to impose an additional rate of sales and compensating use tax; extends provisions of law relating thereto"
description: "Authorizes the county of Westchester to impose an additional rate of sales and compensating use tax; extends the Westchester county spending limitation act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4940"
citation: "New York S 4940 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAYER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-01"
last_action: "2019-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68648c68-590c-4315-9abd-a5c4503b5d63"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4940"
source_hash: "74306da812ef7dbc71824fa3bdd926997e358b23cdbee0b3f05c5cb94dff82e0"
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 4940 (2019-2020) — Relates to authorizing the county of Westchester to impose an additional rate of sales and compensating use tax; extends provisions of law relating thereto

Authorizes the county of Westchester to impose an additional rate of sales and compensating use tax; extends the Westchester county spending limitation act.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4940** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4940&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S4940A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S4940A)
3. **S4940B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S4940B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **32–28** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: B — **16–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **95–51** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- MAYER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-01** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-04** PRINT NUMBER 4940A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-05** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-05** PRINT NUMBER 4940B `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.397
- **2019-04-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-04-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-04-09** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7081
- **2019-04-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.60
- **2019-04-09** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2019-04-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-04-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-30** SIGNED CHAP.44 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68648c68-590c-4315-9abd-a5c4503b5d63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).