---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the qualifications for holding the offices of assistant district attorney and assistant public defender in the county of Chenango"
description: "Relates to the qualifications for holding the offices of assistant district attorney and assistant public defender in the county of Chenango; allows assistant district attorneys and assistant public defenders in Chenango county to reside in Chenango county or an adjoining county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 547"
citation: "New York S 547 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AKSHAR"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a77f9074-a260-4481-9748-a27ff8b64b71"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S547"
source_hash: "e595e3af8625ea40f6fdf64b40b28e97ca515b232b4117b3c550360573012e91"
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 547 (2019-2020) — Relates to the qualifications for holding the offices of assistant district attorney and assistant public defender in the county of Chenango

Relates to the qualifications for holding the offices of assistant district attorney and assistant public defender in the county of Chenango; allows assistant district attorneys and assistant public defenders in Chenango county to reside in Chenango county or an adjoining county.

## Version chain

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

1. **S547** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S547&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–1** (pass) · lower
- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AKSHAR — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** 1ST REPORT CAL.268
- **2019-03-13** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-03-14** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-03** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1244
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.322
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-09-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-09-13** SIGNED CHAP.292 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a77f9074-a260-4481-9748-a27ff8b64b71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).