---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relate to a real property tax exemption for veterans with a one hundred percent service connected disability"
description: "Establishes an additional real property tax exemption for the primary residence of veterans with a one hundred percent service connected disability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8803"
citation: "New York S 8803 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph P. Addabbo Jr."]
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/3f6f7d14-08f6-456c-92db-814d8afb24c6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8803"
source_hash: "a6513cf93278b58bb472453d1c4ec334fefe6cd751abae43043505b415341121"
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 8803 (2025-2026) — Relate to a real property tax exemption for veterans with a one hundred percent service connected disability

Establishes an additional real property tax exemption for the primary residence of veterans with a one hundred percent service connected disability.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8803** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8803&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — 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.31
- **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 A9448
- **2026-01-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.25
- **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.77 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f6f7d14-08f6-456c-92db-814d8afb24c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).