---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends the one percent increased county sales tax for Putnam county"
description: "Extends the one percent increased county sales tax for Putnam county for two years; requires one-ninth of such one percent increase in sales tax be allocated to towns and villages in such county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 7540"
citation: "New York S 7540 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pete Harckham"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-22"
last_action: "2025-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/641283ce-6cb0-43f5-afd7-6a32c5bb5562"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7540"
source_hash: "ae2e8cfd2feb0d3372a9bb06e938ab1ff5c741f70910a0863342fd70642ecfdf"
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 7540 (2025-2026) — Extends the one percent increased county sales tax for Putnam county

Extends the one percent increased county sales tax for Putnam county for two years; requires one-ninth of such one percent increase in sales tax be allocated to towns and villages in such county.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7540** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7540&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S7540A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7540A)

## Votes

- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **51–8** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **116–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pete Harckham — primary (person)
- Robert Rolison — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-22** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** 1ST REPORT CAL.880
- **2025-04-30** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-05-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-05-05** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 7540A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-05-27** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-05-27** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8080A
- **2025-06-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.820
- **2025-06-16** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2025-06-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-16** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-08-04** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-07** SIGNED CHAP.313 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/641283ce-6cb0-43f5-afd7-6a32c5bb5562`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).