---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to community preservation funds for the town of Chester"
description: "Authorizes the town of Chester to establish community preservation funds; establishes a real estate transfer tax with revenues therefrom to be deposited in said community preservation fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 277"
citation: "New York S 277 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Skoufis"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11c097c4-18b2-4180-9ca3-45ef6f2ab46f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S277"
source_hash: "7097bb9419e299d01fa557536737b23a87b7f5e391ce29e10d07882b20938b0d"
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 277 (2025-2026) — Relates to community preservation funds for the town of Chester

Authorizes the town of Chester to establish community preservation funds; establishes a real estate transfer tax with revenues therefrom to be deposited in said community preservation fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **S277** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S277&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S277A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S277A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **40–19** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **13–7** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **122–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James Skoufis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-28** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-28** PRINT NUMBER 277A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-11** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1793
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-11** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2022A
- **2025-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.709
- **2025-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-10-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-10-16** SIGNED CHAP.464 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11c097c4-18b2-4180-9ca3-45ef6f2ab46f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).