---
type: "Bill"
title: "Includes certain spent nuclear fuel within the definition of real property"
description: "Includes spent fuel that is pending further or final disposal from a nuclear power station following the permanent cessation of power of operations of such station within the definition of real property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8075"
citation: "New York S 8075 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HARCKHAM"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-03-16"
last_action: "2020-12-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c202ee5-22c4-498c-b59a-5fe03b8161e8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8075"
source_hash: "83d3006ac43bae34c234d38f1db94bae352f83a112b03f142f0f05b25f5d9888"
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 8075 (2019-2020) — Includes certain spent nuclear fuel within the definition of real property

Includes spent fuel that is pending further or final disposal from a nuclear power station following the permanent cessation of power of operations of such station within the definition of real property.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8075** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8075&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **45–17** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **114–30** (pass) · lower
- Local Government Vote — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **16–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HARCKHAM — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-16** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.730
- **2020-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-06-09** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10398
- **2020-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.124
- **2020-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-12-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-31** SIGNED CHAP.385 `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-31** APPROVAL MEMO.74

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c202ee5-22c4-498c-b59a-5fe03b8161e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).