---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the assessor of the town of Smithtown, county of Suffolk, to accept from the New Horizons Counseling Center, Inc., an application for exemption from real property taxes"
description: "Authorizes the assessor of the town of Smithtown, county of Suffolk, to accept from the New Horizons Counseling Center, Inc., an application for exemption from real property taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 8254"
citation: "New York A 8254 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["FITZPATRICK"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-08-25"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9b6db7e-7cd3-4ec7-80c1-e205d9f94594"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A8254"
source_hash: "38061f7ff8bc50e03398f55b810f280d6ffa172f0a1c93458d8c7254d6660a9e"
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 A 8254 (2021-2022) — Authorizes the assessor of the town of Smithtown, county of Suffolk, to accept from the New Horizons Counseling Center, Inc., an application for exemption from real property taxes

Authorizes the assessor of the town of Smithtown, county of Suffolk, to accept from the New Horizons Counseling Center, Inc., an application for exemption from real property taxes.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8254** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8254&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- FITZPATRICK — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-25** REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** REPORTED
- **2022-03-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.456
- **2022-03-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-03-07** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-03-07** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7395
- **2022-05-05** 3RD READING CAL.780
- **2022-05-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-06-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** SIGNED CHAP.250 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9b6db7e-7cd3-4ec7-80c1-e205d9f94594`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).