---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from Rock Community Church, Inc."
description: "Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from Rock Community Church, Inc. for all of the 2023 general taxes and all of the 2022-2023 school taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 7861"
citation: "New York S 7861 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack M. Martins"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d89090ab-b252-4c9e-bf53-d2edbd6875fc"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7861"
source_hash: "43d6bde59df5a88f804e1fc272c2adc7d8f00ca19d046d33877c227f18026ee0"
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 7861 (2023-2024) — Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from Rock Community Church, Inc.

Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from Rock Community Church, Inc. for all of the 2023 general taxes and all of the 2022-2023 school taxes.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7861** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7861&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S7861A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S7861A)

## Votes

- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **58–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jack M. Martins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** 1ST REPORT CAL.247
- **2024-01-30** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-01-31** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-05-06** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 7861A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-20** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-05-20** REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10051A
- **2024-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.361
- **2024-06-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-04** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-09-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-09-27** SIGNED CHAP.387 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d89090ab-b252-4c9e-bf53-d2edbd6875fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).