---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends the authorization for the county of Seneca to impose an additional one percent sales and compensating use tax"
description: "Extends the expiration of the authorization for the county of Seneca to impose an additional one percent sales and compensating use tax for two years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 3493"
citation: "New York S 3493 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas F. O'Mara"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2025-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6ecbb61-63d9-415e-9889-174e59e1d3c6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3493"
source_hash: "89c0f4fab726092bff712fa41649991b4cdeb2bc17c856445668bb84e09df0a9"
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 3493 (2025-2026) — Extends the authorization for the county of Seneca to impose an additional one percent sales and compensating use tax

Extends the expiration of the authorization for the county of Seneca to impose an additional one percent sales and compensating use tax for two years.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3493** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3493&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **51–8** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **103–40** (pass) · lower
- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thomas F. O'Mara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-28** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** 1ST REPORT CAL.803
- **2025-04-30** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-05-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-05-27** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-05-27** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-05-27** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3644
- **2025-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.424
- **2025-06-06** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2025-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-06** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-08-04** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-07** SIGNED CHAP.260 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6ecbb61-63d9-415e-9889-174e59e1d3c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).