---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to rates and applicability of certain hotel and motel taxes in Ulster county"
description: "Removes certain provisions relating to maximum rates for certain hotel and motel taxes in Ulster county; removes certain provisions exempting short-term rentals from such taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8065"
citation: "New York S 8065 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Hinchey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d630128-28d0-4c09-84a8-ed3c025d74ab"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8065"
source_hash: "371a0a2c5a850eebdc89acf476a7ffd777a568cd65488826a4e34036f613109b"
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 8065 (2023-2024) — Relates to rates and applicability of certain hotel and motel taxes in Ulster county

Removes certain provisions relating to maximum rates for certain hotel and motel taxes in Ulster county; removes certain provisions exempting short-term rentals from such taxes.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8065** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8065&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **105–42** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **42–20** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **18–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michelle Hinchey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.52
- **2024-01-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-01-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-09** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8875
- **2024-05-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.467
- **2024-05-14** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2024-05-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-14** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.508 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d630128-28d0-4c09-84a8-ed3c025d74ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).