---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the town of Wawayanda in Orange county to impose a hotel and motel tax"
description: "Authorizes the town of Wawayanda in Orange county to impose a five percent hotel and motel tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8163"
citation: "New York S 8163 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Skoufis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fa3fa9c-3796-47b8-94c9-41a71ebd8823"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8163"
source_hash: "fc7f9d11f6327f051e35d21a5adc3bfae82d61ebda1d366d631303f5d9007024"
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 8163 (2023-2024) — Authorizes the town of Wawayanda in Orange county to impose a hotel and motel tax

Authorizes the town of Wawayanda in Orange county to impose a five percent hotel and motel tax.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8163** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8163&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **98–42** (pass) · lower
- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **40–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Skoufis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-21** 1ST REPORT CAL.1417
- **2024-05-22** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-05-23** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-05** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9052
- **2024-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.621
- **2024-06-07** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2024-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.511 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2fa3fa9c-3796-47b8-94c9-41a71ebd8823`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).