---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the town of Patterson to impose a hotel and motel tax"
description: "Authorizes the town of Patterson, in the county of Putnam, to impose a hotel and motel tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 7078"
citation: "New York S 7078 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pete Harckham"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-01"
last_action: "2025-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/272f0d7a-bf23-4b26-9c91-2958cc2ef181"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7078"
source_hash: "c98ea032fd45dc21de04cf8dc5e030fdaeab52490230c152831d9452c42b6e7a"
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 7078 (2025-2026) — Authorizes the town of Patterson to impose a hotel and motel tax

Authorizes the town of Patterson, in the county of Putnam, to impose a hotel and motel tax.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7078** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7078&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S7078A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7078A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **46–13** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **15–5** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **113–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pete Harckham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-01** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** PRINT NUMBER 7078A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-12** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1891
- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-12** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7854A
- **2025-06-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.812
- **2025-06-16** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2025-06-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-16** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-10-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-10-16** SIGNED CHAP.472 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/272f0d7a-bf23-4b26-9c91-2958cc2ef181`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).