---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to residency requirements for certain peace officers in Albany county"
description: "Relates to residency requirements for certain peace officers in Albany county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 9877"
citation: "New York A 9877 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MCDONALD"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2df9315f-af2f-4bb7-b5ab-17099ddcd3c7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A9877"
source_hash: "3696a82a8237293735295e3a4dddc10c1c7a25bf87ac45694e8c419d76bce23f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 9877 (2017-2018) — Relates to residency requirements for certain peace officers in Albany county

Relates to residency requirements for certain peace officers in Albany county.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A9877 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9877&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A9877 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A9877)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MCDONALD — primary (person)
- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
- SANTABARBARA — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-15** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-08** REPORTED
- **2018-05-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.885
- **2018-05-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-05-22** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-05-22** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7694
- **2018-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.1578
- **2018-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-07-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-31** SIGNED CHAP.145 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2df9315f-af2f-4bb7-b5ab-17099ddcd3c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).