---
type: "Bill"
title: "Waives the residency requirement for the city attorney in the city of Mechanicville, Saratoga county"
description: "Waives the residency requirement for the city attorney in the city of Mechanicville, Saratoga county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 2068"
citation: "New York S 2068 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["JORDAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-11-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cffee526-eb5b-4473-a2ef-62bd4508a2f1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S2068"
source_hash: "beb2a51923068097e7221849826f9a02c5f605fa0523ba15b7d3c2ebbe076ebb"
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 S 2068 (2019-2020) — Waives the residency requirement for the city attorney in the city of Mechanicville, Saratoga county

Waives the residency requirement for the city attorney in the city of Mechanicville, Saratoga county.

## Version chain

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

1. **S2068** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2068&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **145–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JORDAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** 1ST REPORT CAL.171
- **2019-02-28** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-03-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-21** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-21** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6357
- **2019-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.530
- **2019-06-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-04** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-10-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-08** SIGNED CHAP.461 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cffee526-eb5b-4473-a2ef-62bd4508a2f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).