NY State Senate Bill 2025-S2607

Senate Bill S2607

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Exempts certain veterans service organizations from taxes on the sales of beer, wine and soda

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 04, 2025	reported and committed to finance
Jan 21, 2025	referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs

Votes

- Mar 4, 2025 - Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee Vote
  S2607
  
  9
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee Vote: Mar 4, 2025
      
      aye (9)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Ashby
      
      Baskin
      
      Harckham
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      Serrano
      
      Stec
      
      Weik

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2025-S2607 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1115, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S6951
2013-2014: S3402
2015-2016: S2496
2017-2018: S3059
2019-2020: S3098
2021-2022: S377
2023-2024: S1809

2025-S2607 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts certain veterans service organizations from taxes on the sales of beer, wine and soda.

2025-S2607 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S2607

SPONSOR: ADDABBO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting certain veterans
service organizations from taxes on the sales of beer, wine and soda

 
PURPOSE:

To provide for the exemption of sales tax on beer, wine and soda for
veterans' service organizations such as American Legions and VFW posts.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Amends Subdivision A of section 1115 of the tax law by adding a new
paragraph 1-a to exempt veterans service organizations chartered by the
United States congress pursuant to 38 use 6902 from paying or charging
sales taxes on beer, wine and soda.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Veteran's organizations such as American Legions and VFW posts provide a
variety of much needed services to our veterans. They serve as a
resource for various non-profit and government services as well as a
brotherhood and support system for veterans in their communities.  These
organizations who provide this invaluable service often operate on
shoestring budgets. Veterans are our heroes who have sacrificed their
lives to defend our freedom and our liberty. Exempting these organiza-
tions from sales taxes on beverages is a concrete way to thank them for
their service by alleviating the financial hardship of paying these
sales taxes.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2020: S.3098 - Referred to Senate Veterans, Homeland Security and Mili-
tary Affairs Committee.

2021: S.377 - Reported to Senate Finance Committee.

2022: S.377A - Amended and Recommitted to Senate Veterans, Homeland
Security and Military Affairs Committee.

2023: Referred to Senate Veterans, Homeland Security and Military
Affairs Committee.

2024: Referred to Senate Veterans, Homeland Security and Military
Affairs Committee.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S2607 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2607
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
   ty and Military Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting  certain  veterans
   service organizations from taxes on the sales of beer, wine and soda

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law  is  amended
 by adding a new paragraph 1-a to read as follows:
   (1-A) BEER, WINE AND SODA PURCHASED OR SOLD BY VETERANS SERVICE ORGAN-
 IZATIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE TERM "VETERANS SERVICE
 ORGANIZATIONS"  SHALL  MEAN  VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS CHARTERED BY
 THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS PURSUANT TO 38 USC 5902.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06941-01-5

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Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.