---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amends the tax law to allow the town of Ramapo, in the county of Rockland to levy a hotel tax or motel tax"
description: "Authorizes the town of Ramapo, in the county of Rockland, to levy a five percent hotel or motel tax upon persons occupying hotel or motel rooms in such town."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 9740"
citation: "New York S 9740 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William Weber"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-05-24"
last_action: "2024-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e6abab3-474a-420a-956b-ba64498ddc6d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S9740"
source_hash: "5c534a02a75be107ba31f08c093990deadcea5ad386052c1a385280f978ffe7f"
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 9740 (2023-2024) — Amends the tax law to allow the town of Ramapo, in the county of Rockland to levy a hotel tax or motel tax

Authorizes the town of Ramapo, in the county of Rockland, to levy a five percent hotel or motel tax upon persons occupying hotel or motel rooms in such town.

## Version chain

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

1. **S9740** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9740&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **15–5** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **100–40** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **42–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- William Weber — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-24** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-30** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1617
- **2024-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-05** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10489
- **2024-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.658
- **2024-06-07** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2024-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.532 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e6abab3-474a-420a-956b-ba64498ddc6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).