---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from the East Meadow Fire District"
description: "Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from the East Meadow Fire District with respect to the 2022-2023 assessment roll for all of the 2022-2023 school taxes and all of the 2022 general taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 6858"
citation: "New York S 6858 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Rhoads"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-05-11"
last_action: "2023-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/736d932f-7a0c-4f29-85e9-09bcb24c6ba8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6858"
source_hash: "f55deb113c1f845afa69974a0de1f58e828708a8811acb7ebcf30bc9ce9302e2"
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 6858 (2023-2024) — Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from the East Meadow Fire District

Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from the East Meadow Fire District with respect to the 2022-2023 assessment roll for all of the 2022-2023 school taxes and all of the 2022 general taxes.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6858** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6858&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S6858A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S6858A)
3. **S6858B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S6858B)

## Votes

- Local Government Vote — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **61–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **61–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Rhoads — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-11** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** 1ST REPORT CAL.1299
- **2023-05-24** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-31** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 6858A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 6858B `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-10** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7285B
- **2023-06-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.894
- **2023-06-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-21** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-09-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-15** SIGNED CHAP.460 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/736d932f-7a0c-4f29-85e9-09bcb24c6ba8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).