---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to a residency exemption for plumbing inspectors in the city of Tonawanda"
description: "Relates to a residency exemption for plumbing inspectors in the city of Tonawanda allowing for the designation or appointment of an inspector or inspectors of plumbing where such inspectors shall be citizens and actual residents of the county wherein the city is situated, or in an abutting or adjacent county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8378"
citation: "New York S 8378 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["JACOBS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-05-19"
last_action: "2020-11-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef023484-c8d8-494d-9cd4-5cb09750102d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8378"
source_hash: "9992e43a0eb79980777a80f84dfca935a7a6f3772347b5b6aea277234fcf7c2c"
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 8378 (2019-2020) — Relates to a residency exemption for plumbing inspectors in the city of Tonawanda

Relates to a residency exemption for plumbing inspectors in the city of Tonawanda allowing for the designation or appointment of an inspector or inspectors of plumbing where such inspectors shall be citizens and actual residents of the county wherein the city is situated, or in an abutting or adjacent county.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8378** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8378&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- JACOBS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-19** REFERRED TO CITIES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-06** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.742
- **2020-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-06-09** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10538
- **2020-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.127
- **2020-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-10-30** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-11-11** SIGNED CHAP.279 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef023484-c8d8-494d-9cd4-5cb09750102d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).