---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the Halesite Fire District to file an application for exemption from real property taxes"
description: "Authorizes the Halesite Fire District to file an application for exemption from real property taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 6251"
citation: "New York S 6251 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mario Mattera"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-06"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ada55958-0b40-4e6d-954a-157862ce6980"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6251"
source_hash: "6024d2861578a9f77530c520cb209c13ed1767d34cfba611387ee76280317778"
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 6251 (2023-2024) — Authorizes the Halesite Fire District to file an application for exemption from real property taxes

Authorizes the Halesite Fire District to file an application for exemption from real property taxes.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6251** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6251&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S6251A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S6251A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **57–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mario Mattera — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-06** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-13** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-13** PRINT NUMBER 6251A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-20** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1198
- **2024-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-05** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6191A
- **2024-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.600
- **2024-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-09-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-09-27** SIGNED CHAP.379 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ada55958-0b40-4e6d-954a-157862ce6980`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).