---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to an exemption from taxation for capital improvements to residential buildings to reduce carbon emissions"
description: "Provides for an exemption from taxation for capital improvements to residential buildings to reduce carbon emissions where the governing board of the applicable county, city, town or village adopts a local law and a school district, other than a school district subject to article fifty-two of the education law, adopts a resolution to grant the exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 9688"
citation: "New York S 9688 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nathalia Fernandez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-05-21"
last_action: "2024-12-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dc03d3f-c057-46d2-bbef-5b25eee15438"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S9688"
source_hash: "989bc68ff6286ef3f6f195727df1b83fa10019206bc38b7e94d956bdd5d76b80"
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 9688 (2023-2024) — Relates to an exemption from taxation for capital improvements to residential buildings to reduce carbon emissions

Provides for an exemption from taxation for capital improvements to residential buildings to reduce carbon emissions where the governing board of the applicable county, city, town or village adopts a local law and a school district, other than a school district subject to article fifty-two of the education law, adopts a resolution to grant the exemption.

## Version chain

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

1. **S9688** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9688&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nathalia Fernandez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-21** REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1917
- **2024-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-07** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-07** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10146
- **2024-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.579
- **2024-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-12-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-13** SIGNED CHAP.590 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8dc03d3f-c057-46d2-bbef-5b25eee15438`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).