# New York A 4025: Waives the residency requirement for certain county attorney positions within Warren county

New York A 4025, Waives the residency requirement for certain county attorney positions within Warren county, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Matthew Simpson (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-11-21 (SIGNED CHAP.513) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: New York A 4025
- State: New York
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Waives the residency requirement for certain county attorney positions within Warren county
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-30
- Last action: 2025-11-21, SIGNED CHAP.513
- Sponsor: Matthew Simpson (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS, RULES
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (200 yes, 2 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Warren County attorney jobs allow neighboring residents: benefit, low. Effective immediately, three Warren County offices no longer require living within Warren County. Assistant district attorneys, assistant public defenders, and assistant county attorneys can instead live in an adjoining county within New York State. This exception excludes the first assistant publi…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Matthew Simpson (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-06-11 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 57 | 2 |   |
| 2025-06-06 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 143 | 0 |   |

## Actions (14)

- 2025-11-21: SIGNED CHAP.513 (House)
- 2025-11-17: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (House)
- 2025-06-11: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-06-11: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-06-11: 3RD READING CAL.1430 (Senate)
- 2025-06-11: SUBSTITUTED FOR S19 (Senate)
- 2025-06-06: REFERRED TO RULES (Senate)
- 2025-06-06: DELIVERED TO SENATE (House)
- 2025-06-06: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House)
- 2025-06-06: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.431 (House)
- 2025-06-06: RULES REPORT CAL.431 (House)
- 2025-06-06: REPORTED (House)
- 2025-06-05: REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES (House)
- 2025-01-30: REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS (House)

## Bill text

- Original, 2025-01-30: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A4025)

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## Sources
- [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A4025)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A4025-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).