Assembly BillIntroduced
A 8311: Waives the residency requirement for the office of Putnam county attorney.
What A 8311 does, verified September 28, 2025
Waives the residency requirement for the office of Putnam county attorney.
Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: substituted by s7801 (2025-06-13)Alert me
Quick answers about A 8311
- What is the current status of A 8311?
- As of September 28, 2025, A 8311 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on June 13, 2025, was "substituted by s7801".
- Did A 8311 pass?
- Not yet. A 8311 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 8311, and where is it now?
- A 8311 was authored by Asm. Matthew Slater.
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| Jun. 13, 2025 | substituted by s7801 |
| Jun. 12, 2025 | ordered to third reading rules cal.679 |
| Jun. 12, 2025 | rules report cal.679 |
| Jun. 12, 2025 | reported |
| Jun. 05, 2025 | reported referred to rules |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, May 13, 2025 · 263 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8311 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to waiving the residency requirement for the office of Putnam county attorney 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 76 to read as follows: 3 76. In the county of Putnam, the provisions of this section requiring 4 a person to be a resident of the political subdivision or municipal 5 corporation of the state for which such person shall be chosen or within 6 which their official functions are required to be exercised, shall not 7 prevent a person regularly admitted to practice as an attorney or coun- 8 selor in the courts of record of this state from holding the office of 9 Putnam county attorney, provided that such person resides in a county 10 adjoining Putnam county within the state of New York; provided, however 11 that any person performing such functions or holding such offices in any 12 other county shall be a resident of such county unless otherwise 13 provided by law. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11908-01-5
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