---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church to retroactively apply for a real property tax exemption for certain property"
description: "Authorizes the Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church to retroactively apply for a real property tax exemption for certain property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6317"
citation: "New York S 6317 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GAUGHRAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-04-21"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb3d8b10-c185-4928-8c0e-858a0ce36292"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6317"
source_hash: "b3209149fb3f30cfbb3febfa0760bcabd49d1e50bc102b578d86f8a1fc2eaa58"
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 6317 (2021-2022) — Authorizes the Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church to retroactively apply for a real property tax exemption for certain property

Authorizes the Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church to retroactively apply for a real property tax exemption for certain property.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6317** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6317&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–1** (pass) · upper
- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GAUGHRAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-21** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** 1ST REPORT CAL.956
- **2021-05-11** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-12** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-03** REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** 1ST REPORT CAL.360
- **2022-02-01** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-02-02** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-02-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-02-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-02-09** REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8018
- **2022-05-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.608
- **2022-05-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-06-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** SIGNED CHAP.316 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb3d8b10-c185-4928-8c0e-858a0ce36292`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).