---
type: "Bill"
title: "Specifies the occupancy tax in the village of Catskill shall only apply to hotels and motels"
description: "Specifies the occupancy tax in the village of Catskill shall only apply to hotels and motels."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 816"
citation: "New York S 816 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Hinchey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65126ee4-58dc-4cec-b3eb-5acf7c82ddaa"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S816"
source_hash: "7cbd906fae0f3eb49bee4fcc84997dd1eb5cf7e61fcff6f499b264ea78f1aaf3"
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 816 (2025-2026) — Specifies the occupancy tax in the village of Catskill shall only apply to hotels and motels

Specifies the occupancy tax in the village of Catskill shall only apply to hotels and motels.

## Version chain

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

1. **S816** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S816&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **16–5** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **114–32** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **47–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michelle Hinchey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.90
- **2025-01-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-01-14** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-01-14** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR A422
- **2025-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.596
- **2025-06-11** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2025-06-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** SIGNED CHAP.173 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65126ee4-58dc-4cec-b3eb-5acf7c82ddaa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).