---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes an occupancy tax in the village of Highland Falls; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof"
description: "Authorizes the village of Highland Falls, in Orange county to adopt and amend local laws imposing a tax on persons occupying a room for hire in any hotel in an amount not to exceed 5% of the per diem rental rate for each room; provides for the expiration and repeal of such provisions on December 31, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 8845"
citation: "New York S 8845 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SKOUFIS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-04-22"
last_action: "2022-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a51c515e-6da4-457a-8e57-4d9d863bd40e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S8845"
source_hash: "9ced650260f19a6bd94246e8a7406e247333224b8b4fb70c77cede5dc87c295c"
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 8845 (2021-2022) — Authorizes an occupancy tax in the village of Highland Falls; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

Authorizes the village of Highland Falls, in Orange county to adopt and amend local laws imposing a tax on persons occupying a room for hire in any hotel in an amount not to exceed 5% of the per diem rental rate for each room; provides for the expiration and repeal of such provisions on December 31, 2025.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8845** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8845&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S8845A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S8845A)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: A — **16–5** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **37–26** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **113–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SKOUFIS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-22** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** PRINT NUMBER 8845A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-25** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1578
- **2022-06-02** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2022-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-06-02** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10067
- **2022-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.735
- **2022-06-03** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2022-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-07-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-21** SIGNED CHAP.459 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a51c515e-6da4-457a-8e57-4d9d863bd40e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).