---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the town of Goshen to impose a hotel and motel tax"
description: "Authorizes the town of Goshen to impose a hotel and motel tax of up to five percent; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 5837"
citation: "New York A 5837 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karl Brabenec"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-23"
last_action: "2023-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d33f2aa-610d-485a-8bfa-3b8e77df2dd3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A5837"
source_hash: "41917e11e992d27c0e4afd6782059c637ccb4919fd788d5d73d9446d4caa4f02"
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 5837 (2023-2024) — Authorizes the town of Goshen to impose a hotel and motel tax

Authorizes the town of Goshen to impose a hotel and motel tax of up to five percent; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5837** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5837&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A5837A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A5837A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **97–50** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **47–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Karl Brabenec — primary (person)
- Brian Maher — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-23** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** PRINT NUMBER 5837A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** REPORTED
- **2023-06-06** RULES REPORT CAL.585
- **2023-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.585
- **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 S3346A
- **2023-06-08** 3RD READING CAL.893
- **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.289 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d33f2aa-610d-485a-8bfa-3b8e77df2dd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).