Senate BillChaptered/Signed
S 7801: Waives the residency requirement for the office of Putnam county attorney.
What S 7801 does, verified September 28, 2025
Waives the residency requirement for the office of Putnam county attorney.
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Last action: SIGNED CHAP.407 (2025-09-10)Alert me
Quick answers about S 7801
- What is the current status of S 7801?
- As of September 28, 2025, S 7801 is recorded as "Chaptered/Signed": it has been signed by the Governor and chaptered into law. The last recorded action, on September 10, 2025, was "SIGNED CHAP.407".
- Did S 7801 pass?
- Yes. S 7801 passed both houses and was signed into law (last action September 10, 2025). New York laws take effect on the date written into the bill, often immediately on signing or a set number of days afterward.
- Who wrote S 7801, and where is it now?
- S 7801 was authored by Sen. Peter Harckham.
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| Sep. 10, 2025 | SIGNED CHAP.407 |
| Sep. 05, 2025 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR |
| Jun. 13, 2025 | returned to senate |
| Jun. 13, 2025 | passed assembly |
| Jun. 13, 2025 | ordered to third reading rules cal.679 |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, May 9, 2025 · 271 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7801 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment 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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