---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends from December 1, 2018 to December 1, 2021, the expiration of the authority of the county of Essex to impose an additional mortgage recording tax"
description: "Extends from December 1, 2018 to December 1, 2021, the expiration of the authority of the county of Essex to impose an additional mortgage recording tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 720"
citation: "New York S 720 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LITTLE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-02-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b12983f-afa9-4c09-bc55-a18d3010d096"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S720"
source_hash: "1fd970eef04d62c234d269df9a9936cc0951f0895a4577b039244f6f78a32fb9"
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 720 (2019-2020) — Extends from December 1, 2018 to December 1, 2021, the expiration of the authority of the county of Essex to impose an additional mortgage recording tax

Extends from December 1, 2018 to December 1, 2021, the expiration of the authority of the county of Essex to impose an additional mortgage recording tax.

## Version chain

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

1. **S720** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S720&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **112–18** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **52–11** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LITTLE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.83
- **2019-01-29** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2019-01-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-01-29** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-01-29** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** SUBSTITUTED FOR A211
- **2019-01-29** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.15
- **2019-01-29** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2019-01-29** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-01-29** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-02-04** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-15** SIGNED CHAP.14 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b12983f-afa9-4c09-bc55-a18d3010d096`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).