---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes Yeshivas Nachlas Sofrim to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status"
description: "Authorizes Yeshivas Nachlas Sofrim to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8161"
citation: "New York S 8161 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William Weber"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-05-16"
last_action: "2025-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fab8553f-7420-4bf0-92a6-20a3c6b9ec39"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8161"
source_hash: "f6d8e07307f539171d0e4a347129cc2165f2d10c01dd7c63e866ea89c75118a2"
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 8161 (2025-2026) — Authorizes Yeshivas Nachlas Sofrim to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status

Authorizes Yeshivas Nachlas Sofrim to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8161** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8161&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **19–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **47–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- William Weber — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-16** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1916
- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-12** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8566
- **2025-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.878
- **2025-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-10-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-10-16** SIGNED CHAP.475 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fab8553f-7420-4bf0-92a6-20a3c6b9ec39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).