---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends the authorization granted to the county of Essex to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes"
description: "Extends the authorization granted to the county of Essex to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes until November 30th, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 4976"
citation: "New York A 4976 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Simpson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-27"
last_action: "2023-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e55d8e1-1fb1-44fa-bab0-d8037ff2b796"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A4976"
source_hash: "5cbcaaaeed755e529c471b536da998d575268e9fbab52385ebcead06abd6e402"
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 4976 (2023-2024) — Extends the authorization granted to the county of Essex to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes

Extends the authorization granted to the county of Essex to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes until November 30th, 2025.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4976** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4976&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A4976A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A4976A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **122–24** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **54–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Matthew Simpson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-27** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** PRINT NUMBER 4976A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-10** REPORTED
- **2023-05-11** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.209
- **2023-05-16** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2023-05-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-16** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-16** REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4072A
- **2023-05-23** 3RD READING CAL.734
- **2023-05-23** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2023-05-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-23** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-07-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-07-28** SIGNED CHAP.218 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e55d8e1-1fb1-44fa-bab0-d8037ff2b796`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).