Skip to main content

AgoraSign in

Michelle Hinchey

Sponsor · State Senator, District 41 · Democratic/Working Families

Follow

Senate bill · S7079 (2025-26)

Extends the authority of the county of Columbia to impose an additional 1 percent sales and compensating use tax

Latest action Aug 7, 2025

Summary

Extends the authority of the county of Columbia to impose an additional 1 percent sales and compensating use tax by two years.

Your position on this bill

Not chosen yet

Sign in to choose

Where it stands

Signed into law.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Up for a vote
  4. Passed one chamber
  5. Passed
  6. Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A7664, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Amends the Tax Law.

Committee

Investigations And Government Operations · New York State Senate

Also referred to Ways and Means · New York State Assembly.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

This legislation will extend the authorization for Columbia County to impose an additional sales and compensating use tax for an additional two years.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

  • Vote: Floor vote

    NY SenateMay 27, 2025Result: passed

    (50) (9) (0) (4)
  • Vote: Committee vote · Investigations And Government Operations

    Senate Investigations And Government OperationsApr 29, 2025Result: passed

    (7) (0) (0) (0)

The sponsor's argument

Why Michelle Hinchey says this is needed

The Columbia County Legislature passed Resolution 94-2025 on March 12, 2025, requesting that the.New. York State Legislature introduce and pass a bill to authorize the County to, continue to impose an additional one percent sales and compensating use tax for the period through November 30, 2027.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

  1. Aug 7, 2025

    Signed

    SIGNED CHAP.303

    NY Senate

  2. Aug 4, 2025

    Sent to the executive

    DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

    NY Senate

  3. Jun 13, 2025

    Ordered to Third Reading Rules CAL.742

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.742

    NY Assembly

  4. Jun 13, 2025

    Passed a chamber

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

    NY Assembly

  5. Jun 13, 2025

    Reported out of committee

    REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

    NY Assembly

Show full history (9 earlier events)
  1. Jun 13, 2025

    Substituted

    SUBSTITUTED FOR A7664

    NY Assembly

  2. May 27, 2025

    Sent to the executive

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

    NY Senate

  3. May 27, 2025

    Passed a chamber

    PASSED SENATE

    NY Senate

  4. May 27, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    NY Assembly

  5. May 1, 2025

    Advanced to Third Reading

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

    NY Senate

  6. Apr 30, 2025

    2ND Report CAL.

    2ND REPORT CAL.

    NY Senate

  7. Apr 29, 2025

    1ST Report CAL.869

    1ST REPORT CAL.869

    NY Senate

  8. Apr 4, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    NY Assembly

  9. Apr 1, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

    NY Senate

About this record

Summary

The summary comes from NY Open Legislation, the New York State Senate's public record. For more, see How we handle summaries.

Source

From NY Open Legislation, the NY Senate and Assembly, and official rosters. This record was last updated Oct 22, 2026. About our data

Read the record

Follow