---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes a retroactive real property tax exemption for Hicksville United Methodist Church in the county of Nassau"
description: "Authorizes a retroactive real property tax exemption for Hicksville United Methodist Church in the county of Nassau for general taxes years 2022 and 2023 and school taxes years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 9178"
citation: "New York S 9178 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Rhoads"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-05-02"
last_action: "2024-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78988744-d29f-4087-a56e-d4f2c5ae5f1c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S9178"
source_hash: "c31e20ae9b208863b01479e4853b30cc00b1e3704e369cc5cc688c19cb4875a6"
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 9178 (2023-2024) — Authorizes a retroactive real property tax exemption for Hicksville United Methodist Church in the county of Nassau

Authorizes a retroactive real property tax exemption for Hicksville United Methodist Church in the county of Nassau for general taxes years 2022 and 2023 and school taxes years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023.

## Version chain

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

1. **S9178** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9178&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **56–1** (pass) · upper
- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steve Rhoads — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-02** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-20** 1ST REPORT CAL.1232
- **2024-05-21** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-05-22** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-05-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-30** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-05-30** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10092
- **2024-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.363
- **2024-06-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-04** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-09-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-09-20** SIGNED CHAP.329 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78988744-d29f-4087-a56e-d4f2c5ae5f1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).