---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amends the tax law to allow the city of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga to impose a hotel and motel tax"
description: "Allows the city of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, to impose a two percent hotel and motel tax upon persons occupying hotel or motel rooms in such city."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8950"
citation: "New York S 8950 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rachel May"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f12d219d-555e-495c-9485-1d02288563d8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8950"
source_hash: "53299a0b94bb77326162f29622f81a3bd789b8ce8a009860c462b9be21fcbd4a"
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 8950 (2023-2024) — Amends the tax law to allow the city of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga to impose a hotel and motel tax

Allows the city of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, to impose a two percent hotel and motel tax upon persons occupying hotel or motel rooms in such city.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8950** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8950&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S8950A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S8950A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **100–46** (pass) · lower
- Investigations And Government Operations Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **41–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rachel May — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-02** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-06** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-06** PRINT NUMBER 8950A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-21** 1ST REPORT CAL.1422
- **2024-05-22** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-05-23** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-05** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9707A
- **2024-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.461
- **2024-06-05** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2024-06-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.519 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f12d219d-555e-495c-9485-1d02288563d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).