---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to real property tax exemptions for persons with disabilities"
description: "Adds a person with a disability who has their primary residence in a special needs trust, or a property owner who has a tenant with a disability whose lease provides them with a life interest in the property as long as the tenant remains in residence as eligible for a real property tax exemption pursuant to section 459-c of the real property tax law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8903"
citation: "New York S 8903 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Monica Martinez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-26"
last_action: "2024-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52162c4f-72d1-45ef-8f0f-48e84eea4f3a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8903"
source_hash: "6098f34a279adbe441cd7ace159ffabf84292765e73f6811d799b424991b7d04"
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 8903 (2023-2024) — Relates to real property tax exemptions for persons with disabilities

Adds a person with a disability who has their primary residence in a special needs trust, or a property owner who has a tenant with a disability whose lease provides them with a life interest in the property as long as the tenant remains in residence as eligible for a real property tax exemption pursuant to section 459-c of the real property tax law.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8903** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8903&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Monica Martinez — primary (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
- Mario Mattera — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Rhoads — cosponsor (person)
- William Weber — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-26** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15** 1ST REPORT CAL.808
- **2024-04-16** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-04-17** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-05-15** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-15** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-05-16** REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9948
- **2024-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.509
- **2024-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-06** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-07-25** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-25** SIGNED CHAP.209 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52162c4f-72d1-45ef-8f0f-48e84eea4f3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).