---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes building inspectors, fire inspectors and code enforcement officers of the village of Buchanan, county of Westchester to live within Westchester county or an adjoining county"
description: "Authorizes building inspectors, fire inspectors and code enforcement officers of the village of Buchanan, county of Westchester to live within Westchester county or an adjoining county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 7038"
citation: "New York A 7038 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GALEF"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-21"
last_action: "2021-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e47b153d-c2a4-4d23-a68c-28739c5694e1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7038"
source_hash: "b0c30cf2d48d46702d78c6a58bc3299f191b3d3dec5003566befc27985e05b05"
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 7038 (2021-2022) — Authorizes building inspectors, fire inspectors and code enforcement officers of the village of Buchanan, county of Westchester to live within Westchester county or an adjoining county

Authorizes building inspectors, fire inspectors and code enforcement officers of the village of Buchanan, county of Westchester to live within Westchester county or an adjoining county.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7038** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7038&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A7038A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A7038A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- GALEF — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-21** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** PRINT NUMBER 7038A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-20** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25** REPORTED
- **2021-05-25** RULES REPORT CAL.135
- **2021-05-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.135
- **2021-05-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-25** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-25** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6654B
- **2021-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1660
- **2021-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-07-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-16** SIGNED CHAP.252 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e47b153d-c2a4-4d23-a68c-28739c5694e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).