---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increases from 4% to 5%, the authorized rate of taxation for the hotel or motel tax in the county of Schenectady"
description: "Increases from 4% to 5%, the authorized rate of taxation for the hotel and motel tax in the county of Schenectady."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 2198"
citation: "New York A 2198 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["STECK"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-12-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/285486ec-0816-4bc2-8064-25db8b6bde43"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A2198"
source_hash: "2c933415cc5b9fea97b476e5e3431ad09a34b1494421dede86193c8a35465256"
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 A 2198 (2019-2020) — Increases from 4% to 5%, the authorized rate of taxation for the hotel or motel tax in the county of Schenectady

Increases from 4% to 5%, the authorized rate of taxation for the hotel and motel tax in the county of Schenectady.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2198** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2198&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **48–14** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **98–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STECK — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** REPORTED
- **2019-05-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.485
- **2019-06-03** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2019-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-03** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-03** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5761
- **2019-06-18** 3RD READING CAL.1516
- **2019-06-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-12-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-20** SIGNED CHAP.686 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/285486ec-0816-4bc2-8064-25db8b6bde43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).