---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the town of Poughkeepsie to impose a hotel and motel tax"
description: "Authorizes the town of Poughkeepsie to impose a 5% hotel and motel tax; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 9705"
citation: "New York A 9705 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Didi Barrett"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-03"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08a06033-f4a0-4d08-bfdd-aa95601b92e9"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A9705"
source_hash: "cf426603dcebbeb91948948f5bd991d3abf5ccef83fc351f4dbc9de8c5e65108"
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 9705 (2023-2024) — Authorizes the town of Poughkeepsie to impose a hotel and motel tax

Authorizes the town of Poughkeepsie to impose a 5% hotel and motel tax; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9705** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9705&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **41–18** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **98–46** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Didi Barrett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-03** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-03** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-03** REPORTED
- **2024-06-03** RULES REPORT CAL.353
- **2024-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.353
- **2024-06-04** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2024-06-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-06-04** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR S9025
- **2024-06-05** 3RD READING CAL.1424
- **2024-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-09-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-09-27** SIGNED CHAP.360 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08a06033-f4a0-4d08-bfdd-aa95601b92e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).