---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes a real property tax exemption for surviving spouses of police officers killed in the line of duty"
description: "Establishes a real property tax exemption for the primary residences of surviving spouses of police officers killed in the line of duty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 683"
citation: "New York S 683 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Monica Martinez"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b400e517-05cb-4341-8b74-1666b496dedb"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S683"
source_hash: "ca6f0ff83ad3c2bdd0ce6f9ee0e0dc8c3f416943a9e7e2b0f88a7e462f99c5e8"
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 683 (2025-2026) — Establishes a real property tax exemption for surviving spouses of police officers killed in the line of duty

Establishes a real property tax exemption for the primary residences of surviving spouses of police officers killed in the line of duty.

## Version chain

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

1. **S683** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S683&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S683A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S683A)

## Votes

- Local Government Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Monica Martinez — primary (person)
- Dean Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mario Mattera — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Rolison — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Rhoads — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** PRINT NUMBER 683A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-29** 1ST REPORT CAL.719
- **2025-04-30** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-05-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-06** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-06** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3729
- **2025-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.560
- **2025-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.670 `executive-signature`
- **2025-12-19** APPROVAL MEMO.51

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b400e517-05cb-4341-8b74-1666b496dedb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).