---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the application period for a real property tax exemption for surviving spouses of police officers killed in the line of duty"
description: "Provides that an application for a real property tax exemption for surviving spouses of police officers killed in the line of duty be filed with the assessor on or before the taxable status date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8782"
citation: "New York S 8782 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Monica Martinez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d0d8cd1-16ba-4c64-ba4e-dc7462e87b14"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8782"
source_hash: "d7d084667956f76b27669c8b3f37e75d3ea6ff20b8f7d8457761f57bbf06988f"
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 8782 (2025-2026) — Relates to the application period for a real property tax exemption for surviving spouses of police officers killed in the line of duty

Provides that an application for a real property tax exemption for surviving spouses of police officers killed in the line of duty be filed with the assessor on or before the taxable status date.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8782** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8782&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **137–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Monica Martinez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.23
- **2026-01-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-01-13** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-01-13** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9458
- **2026-01-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.27
- **2026-01-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-01-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2026-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.66 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d0d8cd1-16ba-4c64-ba4e-dc7462e87b14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).