---
type: "Bill"
title: "Excludes certain student loan discharge or forgiveness amounts from state income tax to the extent such amount is included in federal adjusted gross income"
description: "Excludes certain student loan forgiveness amounts authorized under any federal program to the extent included in federal adjusted gross income."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8070"
citation: "New York S 8070 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Gianaris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c0936d0-e39d-4848-b088-1e11a0b99b2e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8070"
source_hash: "82216d9b1aba19edf25d0cd58df0a463f06faa3be95ce2a8ad9d3022560d0df4"
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 8070 (2023-2024) — Excludes certain student loan discharge or forgiveness amounts from state income tax to the extent such amount is included in federal adjusted gross income

Excludes certain student loan forgiveness amounts authorized under any federal program to the extent included in federal adjusted gross income.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8070** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8070&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–7** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael Gianaris — primary (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.56
- **2024-01-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-01-24** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-24** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8874
- **2024-03-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.359
- **2024-03-12** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-03-12** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-03-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-22** SIGNED CHAP.109 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c0936d0-e39d-4848-b088-1e11a0b99b2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).