---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the John Theissen Children Foundation, Inc. receive retroactive real property tax exempt status"
description: "Authorizes the John Theissen Children Foundation, Inc. to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status for a parcel located at 1492 Wantagh Avenue, hamlet of Wantagh, town of Hempstead, county of Nassau."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8708"
citation: "New York S 8708 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Rhoads"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-03-04"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd7c8200-a4ea-4006-b7f8-bf6e719c7ac1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8708"
source_hash: "92a2b57399da37854f0795ad780cb6821d41dd26b5cef01a0f4ff63bde4c353b"
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 8708 (2023-2024) — Authorizes the John Theissen Children Foundation, Inc. receive retroactive real property tax exempt status

Authorizes the John Theissen Children Foundation, Inc. to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status for a parcel located at 1492 Wantagh Avenue, hamlet of Wantagh, town of Hempstead, county of Nassau.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8708** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8708&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S8708A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S8708A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–1** (pass) · upper
- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steve Rhoads — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-04** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-06** 1ST REPORT CAL.898
- **2024-05-07** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-05-08** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-05-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-13** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-05-13** REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-23** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2024-05-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-05-23** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-05-23** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 8708A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-07** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9576A
- **2024-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.630
- **2024-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-09-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-09-27** SIGNED CHAP.392 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd7c8200-a4ea-4006-b7f8-bf6e719c7ac1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).