---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to extending the authority for Nassau county to impose certain taxes and fees"
description: "Extends the authority of the county of Nassau to impose hotel and motel taxes; extends the expiration of certain provisions relating to a surcharge on tickets to places of entertainment in such county, a charge for copying and searching for police accident reports, and receipt of service charges by the Nassau county traffic and parking violations agency; extends the authority of Nassau County to impose additional sales and compensating use taxes and local government assistance programs in Nassau County."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 6444"
citation: "New York S 6444 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Thomas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-20"
last_action: "2023-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5194ede5-98f8-4186-8c6f-be1c3db65cb3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6444"
source_hash: "fa4348ec7df420e8c063d9fa783f43695ee900c3de3e1f5a9f95b314aac5fe74"
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 6444 (2023-2024) — Relates to extending the authority for Nassau county to impose certain taxes and fees

Extends the authority of the county of Nassau to impose hotel and motel taxes; extends the expiration of certain provisions relating to a surcharge on tickets to places of entertainment in such county, a charge for copying and searching for police accident reports, and receipt of service charges by the Nassau county traffic and parking violations agency; extends the authority of Nassau County to impose additional sales and compensating use taxes and local government assistance programs in Nassau County.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6444** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6444&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **54–7** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **120–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kevin Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-20** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-15** 1ST REPORT CAL.951
- **2023-05-16** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-17** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-23** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2023-05-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-23** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-23** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6589
- **2023-05-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.266
- **2023-05-30** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2023-05-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-30** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-07-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-07-28** SIGNED CHAP.261 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5194ede5-98f8-4186-8c6f-be1c3db65cb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).