---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes occupancy taxes in the city of Utica and the city of Rome"
description: "Authorizes occupancy taxes in the city of Utica and the city of Rome not to exceed 3%."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 8490"
citation: "New York A 8490 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marianne Buttenschon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-19"
last_action: "2025-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2fe28cf-0bc3-48a1-9d0a-922b252c88ca"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8490"
source_hash: "614264d81dcec8acb3b62280b9727337b4b6728a365aea68b9571d74cf78a410"
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 A 8490 (2025-2026) — Authorizes occupancy taxes in the city of Utica and the city of Rome

Authorizes occupancy taxes in the city of Utica and the city of Rome not to exceed 3%.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8490** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8490&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A8490A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A8490A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **47–12** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **96–47** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marianne Buttenschon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-19** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** PRINT NUMBER 8490A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** REPORTED
- **2025-06-09** RULES REPORT CAL.536
- **2025-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.536
- **2025-06-09** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2025-06-09** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2025-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-09** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8155
- **2025-06-12** 3RD READING CAL.1915
- **2025-06-12** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-10-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-10-16** SIGNED CHAP.461 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2fe28cf-0bc3-48a1-9d0a-922b252c88ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).