---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends certain provisions relating to an occupancy tax in the city of Port Jervis"
description: "Extends certain provisions relating to an occupancy tax for hotels and motels in the city of Port Jervis."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 4494"
citation: "New York S 4494 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Skoufis"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13042191-f88c-40e5-b541-1ebb3850c002"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S4494"
source_hash: "384259b3501f9011e745630d11046f4ccce49377c0fcfe56c3933c17a6ff527c"
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 4494 (2025-2026) — Extends certain provisions relating to an occupancy tax in the city of Port Jervis

Extends certain provisions relating to an occupancy tax for hotels and motels in the city of Port Jervis.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4494** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4494&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S4494A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4494A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **50–9** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **111–26** (pass) · lower
- Investigations And Government Operations Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Skoufis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-11** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-11** PRINT NUMBER 4494A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-29** 1ST REPORT CAL.813
- **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`
- **2025-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7516A
- **2025-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.665
- **2025-06-13** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2025-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-08-04** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-07** SIGNED CHAP.269 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13042191-f88c-40e5-b541-1ebb3850c002`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).