---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the town of Chester to impose a hotel and motel tax; and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof"
description: "Authorizes the town of Chester to impose a five percent 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: "S 8164"
citation: "New York S 8164 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Skoufis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/866df3b7-6686-4110-afec-2ef825ed819d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8164"
source_hash: "66f8755d7594dd42a391e135f88f908da2a8195f61f546a89d4be5e3f9c6072d"
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 8164 (2023-2024) — Authorizes the town of Chester to impose a hotel and motel tax; and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

Authorizes the town of Chester to impose a five percent 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. **S8164** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8164&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **40–19** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **101–46** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James Skoufis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-21** 1ST REPORT CAL.1418
- **2024-05-22** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-05-23** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-05** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9289
- **2024-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.502
- **2024-06-06** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2024-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-06** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.512 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/866df3b7-6686-4110-afec-2ef825ed819d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).