---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes an occupancy tax in the town of Cheektowaga"
description: "Authorizes an occupancy tax in the town of Cheektowaga, county of Erie."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8269"
citation: "New York S 8269 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["April Baskin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-05-28"
last_action: "2025-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ecffd87-a306-4377-8ee8-c06d809b0744"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8269"
source_hash: "90d58d2243811e03572aa86cb591d15a644c766d06d84264e6f4ca312e8478ea"
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 8269 (2025-2026) — Authorizes an occupancy tax in the town of Cheektowaga

Authorizes an occupancy tax in the town of Cheektowaga, county of Erie.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8269** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8269&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S8269A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S8269A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **101–33** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **15–5** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **46–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- April Baskin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-28** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-04** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-04** PRINT NUMBER 8269A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-12** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1922
- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-12** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8776A
- **2025-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.919
- **2025-06-17** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2025-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-10-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-10-16** SIGNED CHAP.477 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ecffd87-a306-4377-8ee8-c06d809b0744`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).