---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the town of Cornwall in Orange county to impose a hotel and motel tax; and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof"
description: "Authorizes the town of Cornwall in Orange county to impose a five percent hotel and motel tax; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 4038"
citation: "New York A 4038 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher Eachus"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d64f9bd0-1292-4ac9-b38c-405358ccb2f6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A4038"
source_hash: "02d94c92942602e727e1268f4b3bfaa22de3e65a1a308e67380d3b5071b267ec"
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 4038 (2023-2024) — Authorizes the town of Cornwall in Orange county to impose a hotel and motel tax; and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

Authorizes the town of Cornwall in Orange county to impose a five percent hotel and motel tax; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4038** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4038&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **99–49** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **45–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Christopher Eachus — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** REPORTED
- **2023-06-06** RULES REPORT CAL.573
- **2023-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.573
- **2023-06-06** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2023-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4073
- **2023-06-08** 3RD READING CAL.898
- **2023-06-08** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2023-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-08-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-23** SIGNED CHAP.283 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d64f9bd0-1292-4ac9-b38c-405358ccb2f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).