---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to property tax credits for farmers"
description: "Expands property tax credits for farmers to include a trustee or a trust established by the taxpayer and rented to a member of the taxpayer's immediate family where, under the terms of the trust, the title to the property shall pass to such family member upon the death of the taxpayer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 7287"
citation: "New York S 7287 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RITCHIE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-05"
last_action: "2018-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a38b436-6d04-480a-a6d6-4e1dba4ab148"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S7287"
source_hash: "4f4749a9b3e7ebdc341b8664a323a9fd1a724282407abeeb42a7b06d43d27a01"
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 7287 (2017-2018) — Relates to property tax credits for farmers

Expands property tax credits for farmers to include a trustee or a trust established by the taxpayer and rented to a member of the taxpayer's immediate family where, under the terms of the trust, the title to the property shall pass to such family member upon the death of the taxpayer.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7287 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7287&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S7287 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S7287)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- RITCHIE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.15
- **2018-01-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-01-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-01-08** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9038
- **2018-02-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.634
- **2018-02-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-02-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2018-04-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-18** SIGNED CHAP.14 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a38b436-6d04-480a-a6d6-4e1dba4ab148`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).