---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to a property tax exemption for the Maritime Administration, a component of the United States Department of Transportation"
description: "Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to grant a property tax exemption for the Maritime Administration, a component of the United States Department of Transportation, without an application, if the assessor determines that the property is exempt from taxation due to being owned by the federal government."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 8538"
citation: "New York A 8538 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gina Sillitti"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d5d61a3-4c2c-4b2f-a274-d482e49c95ee"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8538"
source_hash: "e8c0c5965a38399875d5b8d900635d075dbd41afbef6ebcc59635e72235817b7"
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 8538 (2023-2024) — Relates to a property tax exemption for the Maritime Administration, a component of the United States Department of Transportation

Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to grant a property tax exemption for the Maritime Administration, a component of the United States Department of Transportation, without an application, if the assessor determines that the property is exempt from taxation due to being owned by the federal government.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8538** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8538&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gina Sillitti — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08** REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** REPORTED
- **2024-01-22** RULES REPORT CAL.10
- **2024-01-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.10
- **2024-01-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-01-23** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-23** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8095
- **2024-02-07** 3RD READING CAL.74
- **2024-02-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-02-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.82 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d5d61a3-4c2c-4b2f-a274-d482e49c95ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).