S 4595 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Increases taxes imposed on alcoholic beverages

Summary

Increases taxes imposed on alcoholic beverages; authorizes twenty percent of tax revenues to be allocated to the New York state drug treatment and public education fund.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 10, 2025 Last action May 4, 2026

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S4595 → S4595A · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill increases excise taxes on alcoholic beverages in New York, raising rates for beer, wine, and liquor. The revenue generated from these taxes will now be split, with 20% allocated to the state drug treatment and public education fund. The bill also updates the legislative history to reflect that multiple sponsors are now involved.

Scope change

The bill's scope has expanded from a single sponsor to include four sponsors, and the committee process has been updated to reflect a recommitment after amendment.

FISCAL

The destination of tax revenue was changed; 20% of taxes collected on beer, wine, and liquor are now required to be deposited into the New York state drug treatment and public education fund.

REQUIREMENT

Excise tax rates were increased for beer (from 14 to 16.8 cents per gallon), still and sparkling wines (from 30 to 36 cents per gallon), and liquors (from 67 to 80.4 cents per liter for lower alcohol content and from $1 to $2.74 per liter for other liquors).

SCOPE

The legislative text was amended to include additional sponsors (Cleare, Rivera, Skoufis) and updated the committee history to show the bill was recommitted after amendment.

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Committee

Amendments

May 4, 2026

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 4595A

upper

May 4, 2026

Upper · Passed

AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO BUDGET AND REVENUE

upper

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE

upper

Feb 10, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE

upper

1 primary · 5 co-sponsors