---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to a residency exemption for plumbing inspectors in the city of Jamestown"
description: "Provides a residency exemption for plumbing inspectors in the city of Jamestown by allowing such inspectors to be residents of Chautauqua county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 7648"
citation: "New York A 7648 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GOODELL"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-14"
last_action: "2020-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecaa355c-58d0-48b2-899a-15161933feb0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A7648"
source_hash: "e46943ae1eb21c48e7cfc48536a6c626945029c4a3623216f138e00130848b89"
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 7648 (2019-2020) — Relates to a residency exemption for plumbing inspectors in the city of Jamestown

Provides a residency exemption for plumbing inspectors in the city of Jamestown by allowing such inspectors to be residents of Chautauqua county.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7648** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7648&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **131–4** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **139–6** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GOODELL — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-14** REFERRED TO CITIES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** REPORTED
- **2019-06-20** RULES REPORT CAL.691
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.691
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-20** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** DIED IN SENATE
- **2020-01-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.284
- **2020-02-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-02-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-02-11** REFERRED TO CITIES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7538
- **2020-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.708
- **2020-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-09-16** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-09-21** SIGNED CHAP.173 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ecaa355c-58d0-48b2-899a-15161933feb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).