New York A 3137: Exempts poll workers from the obligation to pay New York state income tax on income earned on an election day

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A03137 Summary:

BILL NOA03137 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRSteck, Burdick

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §601, Tax L

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Exempts poll workers from the obligation to pay New York state income tax on income earned on an election day.

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BILL NOA03137 

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01/23/2025referred to ways and means

01/07/2026referred to ways and means

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3137

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 23, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, STECK, BURDICK -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting poll workers from
 the obligation to pay New York state income tax on income earned on an
 election day

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subsection (i) of section 601 of the tax law is relettered
 2 subsection (j) and a new subsection (i) is added to read as follows:
 3 (i) Poll workers working on election day. Notwithstanding the
 4 provisions of subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this section and any
 5 other provision of this article, for taxable years beginning after
 6 December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-six, the income of a resident
 7 individual earned while working as a poll worker on an election day
 8 shall be exempt from tax under this article regardless of whether such
 9 income is subject to federal income taxation. For purposes of this
 10 subsection: (1) "poll worker" shall include, but not be limited to,
 11 election inspectors, poll clerks and election coordinators; and (2)
 12 "election day" shall mean the date of a state, local, or federal
 13 election, including primary and general elections.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05614-01-5

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