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A 8212: Permits political subdivisions and municipal corporations of the state to set the residency requirements for public officer positions.
What A 8212 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to allow local governments in New York to set or waive residency requirements for certain positions. This change would apply to individuals chosen or required to exercise official functions in political subdivisions or municipal corporations. The local legislative body would have the authority to create local laws, ordinances, or resolutions to establish or modify these residency requirements. The bill would take effect 90 days after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
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Last action: referred to governmental operations (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 8212
- What is the current status of A 8212?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 8212 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to governmental operations".
- Did A 8212 pass?
- Not yet. A 8212 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 8212, and where is it now?
- A 8212 was authored by Asm. Stacey Pheffer Amato with 2 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Governmental Operations.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to governmental operations |
| May. 05, 2025 | referred to governmental operations |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, May 5, 2025 · 241 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8212 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 5, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to permitting poli- tical subdivisions and municipal corporations of the state to set the residency requirements for certain positions The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 1-b to read as follows: 3 1-b. Notwithstanding any provisions of this section or of any general, 4 special or local law, charter, code, ordinance, resolution, rule or 5 regulation, requiring a person to be a resident of the political subdi- 6 vision or municipal corporation of the state for which such person shall 7 be chosen or within which their official functions are required to be 8 exercised, the legislative body of a political subdivision or municipal 9 corporation of the state may by local law, ordinance or resolution, set 10 or waive such residency requirements. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 12 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11773-01-5
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