Senate Bill S5468

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to allowing a tax exemption for fire extinguishers and fire, heat and carbon monoxide alarms purchased for residential use

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Budget And Revenue Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S5468 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Budget And Revenue
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1115, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8132
2019-2020: S5617
2021-2022: S1382
2023-2024: S6759

2025-S5468 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows a tax exemption for taxpayers in the amount of the purchase price of a fire extinguisher, fire alarm, heat alarm or carbon monoxide alarm purchased for residential use during the month of October.

2025-S5468 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5468 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5468
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, BORRELLO, HELMING, MARTINS, OBERACKER, ROLI-
   SON, STEC, TEDISCO, WEBB, WEBER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Budget and Revenue
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the tax law, in relation to allowing a tax exemption
   with respect to fire extinguishers and fire, heat and carbon  monoxide
   alarms purchased for residential use
 
   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 47 to read as follows:
   (47)  FIRE  EXTINGUISHERS, FIRE ALARMS, HEAT ALARMS OR CARBON MONOXIDE
 ALARMS PURCHASED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a law and shall apply to eligible fire extinguishers, fire
 alarms, heat alarms and carbon monoxide alarms  purchased  on  or  after
 such effective date.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09131-01-5

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