---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to authorizing the Bais Torah U'tefillah to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status"
description: "Authorizes the Bais Torah U'tefillah to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status upon approval by the Nassau county legislature."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 2233"
citation: "New York S 2233 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Thomas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/287ea127-5747-4bbc-a26a-e73fc953948c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S2233"
source_hash: "07eaf63ee5c0d49a5446469e6127cdba38b6c9c3fc6cacd65db18f7ec813bf68"
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 2233 (2023-2024) — Relates to authorizing the Bais Torah U'tefillah to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status

Authorizes the Bais Torah U'tefillah to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status upon approval by the Nassau county legislature.

## Version chain

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

1. **S2233** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2233&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **20–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kevin Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.170
- **2023-01-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-01-30** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-01-30** REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2208
- **2023-02-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.75
- **2023-02-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-02-01** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-03-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-03** SIGNED CHAP.104 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/287ea127-5747-4bbc-a26a-e73fc953948c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).