# New York S 7801: Waives the residency requirement for the office of Putnam county attorney

New York S 7801, Waives the residency requirement for the office of Putnam county attorney, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Pete Harckham (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-09-10 (SIGNED CHAP.407) (as of 2026-10-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: New York S 7801
- State: New York
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Waives the residency requirement for the office of Putnam county attorney
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-05-09
- Last action: 2025-09-10, SIGNED CHAP.407
- Sponsor: Pete Harckham (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (218 yes, 1 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Putnam County attorney can live nearby: benefit, low. The law allows Putnam County’s attorney to live in a neighboring county within New York State. The person must be admitted to practice law in New York courts of record. County attorneys elsewhere still must live in their own county unless another law allows otherwise. This change took effect immedi…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Pete Harckham (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-06-13 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 136 | 0 |   |
| 2025-06-09 | committee | Rules Committee Vote | pass | 21 | 0 |   |
| 2025-06-09 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 61 | 1 |   |

## Actions (12)

- 2025-09-10: SIGNED CHAP.407 (Senate)
- 2025-09-05: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (Senate)
- 2025-06-13: RETURNED TO SENATE (House)
- 2025-06-13: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House)
- 2025-06-13: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.679 (House)
- 2025-06-13: SUBSTITUTED FOR A8311 (House)
- 2025-06-09: REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS (House)
- 2025-06-09: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-06-09: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-06-09: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1711 (Senate)
- 2025-06-09: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES (Senate)
- 2025-05-09: REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS (Senate)

## Bill text

- Original, 2025-05-09: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7801)

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## Sources
- [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7801)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S7801-2025 (as of 2026-10-15).