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Senate bill · S9541 (2025-26)

Requires that tax amounts extended on the final assessment roll, and any interest or penalties subsequently accruing thereon…

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Requires that tax amounts extended on the final assessment roll, and any interest or penalties subsequently accruing thereon, be rounded to the nearest five-cent denomination

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Latest action Jun 5, 2026

New York State Senate

Same as A10207, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Sponsor

James Skoufis

State Senator, District 42 · Democratic

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Summary

Requires that tax amounts extended on the final assessment roll, and any interest or penalties subsequently accruing thereon, be rounded to the nearest five-cent denomination prior to inclusion on any bill or notice.

Summary from NY Open Legislation. How we handle summaries

Amends the Real Property Tax Law.

From NY Open Legislation, the NY Senate and Assembly, and official rosters. This record was last updated Oct 21, 2026. About our data

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Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

Requires that tax amounts extended on the final assessment roll, and any interest or penalties subsequently accruing thereon, be rounded to the nearest five-cent denomination.

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

Where it stands

Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.

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

Committee

Local Government · New York State Senate

Also referred to Real Property Taxation · New York State Assembly, Rules · New York State Assembly, Rules · New York State Senate.

Cosponsors

John T. McDonald III

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  • Democratic1

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The sponsor's argument

Why James Skoufis says this is needed

Our municipalities are on the precipice of a crisis. With pennies no longer in production, tax offices will not be able to collect exact taxes from tax payers who pay with cash. If collectors are not able to collect exact amounts or produce change for payers, they will leave these properties in default. This could lead to a low fund balance for many municipalities, especially those with large populations of seniors who often pay taxes in cash. This bill is designed so that collectors will be able to accept tax payments up to 5 cents over, and 5 cents under the actual tax amount so that property taxes can be collected and municipalities can have the cash on hand that they need to function productively.

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.

Recorded votes

  • Vote: Committee vote · Rules

    Senate RulesMay 28, 2026Result: passed

    (19) (2) (0) (0)

Full history

  1. Jun 5, 2026

    In committee

    RECOMMITTED TO RULES

    NY Senate

  2. Jun 4, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO RULES

    NY Senate

  3. Jun 4, 2026

    Passed a chamber

    REPASSED ASSEMBLY

    NY Assembly

  4. Jun 4, 2026

    Returned to Senate

    RETURNED TO SENATE

    NY Assembly

  5. Jun 1, 2026

    Amended

    AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 9541A

    NY Senate

Show full history (13 earlier events)
  1. May 29, 2026

    Amended

    AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 10207A

    NY Assembly

  2. May 29, 2026

    Recalled From Senate

    RECALLED FROM SENATE

    NY Assembly

  3. May 29, 2026

    Returned to Assembly

    RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

    NY Senate

  4. May 28, 2026

    In committee

    COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

    NY Senate

  5. May 28, 2026

    Ordered to Third Reading CAL.1408

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1408

    NY Senate

  6. Apr 28, 2026

    Sent to the executive

    DELIVERED TO SENATE

    NY Assembly

  7. Apr 28, 2026

    Passed a chamber

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

    NY Assembly

  8. Apr 28, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

    NY Senate

  9. Apr 23, 2026

    Advanced to Third Reading CAL.376

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.376

    NY Assembly

  10. Apr 21, 2026

    Reported out of committee

    REPORTED

    NY Assembly

  11. Mar 24, 2026

    Reported out of committee

    REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    NY Assembly

  12. Mar 23, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

    NY Senate

  13. Feb 12, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION

    NY Assembly