---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to qualifications for holding the office of assistant district attorney in the county of Washington"
description: "Relates to qualifications for holding the office of assistant district attorney in the county of Washington."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4978"
citation: "New York S 4978 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LITTLE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-03"
last_action: "2019-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0f6a9dc-5536-405c-b710-c4c6386a88d3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4978"
source_hash: "3227d184e125fb0189961bceee82474bbe1e87f88dfcfb349b278e8a767bdb61"
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 4978 (2019-2020) — Relates to qualifications for holding the office of assistant district attorney in the county of Washington

Relates to qualifications for holding the office of assistant district attorney in the county of Washington.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4978** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4978&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–1** (pass) · lower
- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LITTLE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-03** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** 1ST REPORT CAL.501
- **2019-05-01** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-05-06** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-22** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6737
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.378
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-10-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-04** SIGNED CHAP.349 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0f6a9dc-5536-405c-b710-c4c6386a88d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).