On May 22, the New York legislature passed S5072. It provides that if the Chair of the U.S. House Ways & Means Committee asks New York state for a copy of the state income tax return of any New York taxpayer, then the state will comply with the request.

Governor Andrew Cuomo still hasn’t acted on the bill. New York legislative rules allow the Governor to wait until the end of the calendar year to act on any bill, so theoretically Cuomo could wait until December 31, 2019. Cuomo may not be very interested in the bill because the Chair of the U.S. House Ways & Means has said that even if the New York bill becomes law, the U.S. House would not request President Trump’s state income tax return from the state.