---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the Bedford Hills Fire District to file an application for exemption from school and real property taxes"
description: "Authorizes the Bedford Hills Fire District to file an application for exemption from school and real property taxes for the 2022-2023 assessment years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 4043"
citation: "New York S 4043 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pete Harckham"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b0ebfb9-75e3-4ad0-86a7-61534acf5c78"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S4043"
source_hash: "5f0aa6703cecc32824328a33512e5ad47258e8892eb1d3bc52a063bb7e7e825e"
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 4043 (2025-2026) — Authorizes the Bedford Hills Fire District to file an application for exemption from school and real property taxes

Authorizes the Bedford Hills Fire District to file an application for exemption from school and real property taxes for the 2022-2023 assessment years.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4043** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4043&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S4043A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4043A)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **58–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **135–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pete Harckham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-31** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** PRINT NUMBER 4043A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-10** AMEND BY RESTORING TO ORIGINAL PRINT 4043
- **2025-06-12** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1874
- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-12** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A46
- **2025-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.704
- **2025-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.687 `executive-signature`
- **2025-12-19** APPROVAL MEMO.66

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b0ebfb9-75e3-4ad0-86a7-61534acf5c78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).