---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to tax exemptions for nuclear powered electric generating facilities"
description: "Includes facilities which formerly generated nuclear power to the definition of nuclear powered electric generating facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8204"
citation: "New York S 8204 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HARCKHAM"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-04-15"
last_action: "2020-12-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbe1f4b7-0808-40c0-9129-1b3a6a627501"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8204"
source_hash: "fd0547f183b4d911c1df44cb225aa8dece99bd1d1dacefd2310a6f135304f61d"
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 8204 (2019-2020) — Relates to tax exemptions for nuclear powered electric generating facilities

Includes facilities which formerly generated nuclear power to the definition of nuclear powered electric generating facility.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8204** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8204&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **18–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **59–3** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HARCKHAM — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-04-15** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.735
- **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 A10107
- **2020-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.115
- **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.386 `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-31** APPROVAL MEMO.75

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbe1f4b7-0808-40c0-9129-1b3a6a627501`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).