---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides a tax exemption on real property owned by active auxiliary police officers in local law enforcement agencies in certain counties"
description: "Provides a tax exemption on real property owned by active auxiliary police officers in local law enforcement agencies in certain counties having a population of more than three hundred thirty-eight thousand and less than three hundred forty thousand, determined in accordance with the latest federal decennial census."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 6977"
citation: "New York S 6977 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pete Harckham"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-27"
last_action: "2025-12-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bbfc2a8-8b55-4fa6-9580-51cddcf76ba5"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S6977"
source_hash: "b27501380888a2bc7c201cfa3b8fdfc8acd3bb7dc89438dfc76f2de8be770a6f"
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 6977 (2025-2026) — Provides a tax exemption on real property owned by active auxiliary police officers in local law enforcement agencies in certain counties

Provides a tax exemption on real property owned by active auxiliary police officers in local law enforcement agencies in certain counties having a population of more than three hundred thirty-eight thousand and less than three hundred forty thousand, determined in accordance with the latest federal decennial census.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6977** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6977&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **58–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pete Harckham — primary (person)
- William Weber — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-27** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1890
- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-12** REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3480
- **2025-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.857
- **2025-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-12-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-05** SIGNED CHAP.607 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6bbfc2a8-8b55-4fa6-9580-51cddcf76ba5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).