---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to residency requirements for certain peace officers in Monroe county"
description: "Relates to residency requirements for certain peace officers in Monroe county; allows peace officers residing in counties adjacent to Monroe county to be appointed as peace officers for the Monroe county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6540"
citation: "New York S 6540 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["COONEY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-05"
last_action: "2021-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a05b29f-3396-4771-9577-18ee16f5bc64"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6540"
source_hash: "779065ebd035b8c916a4a52a366039416a7af3aeb72beb0eb74a2bb69234d56b"
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 6540 (2021-2022) — Relates to residency requirements for certain peace officers in Monroe county

Relates to residency requirements for certain peace officers in Monroe county; allows peace officers residing in counties adjacent to Monroe county to be appointed as peace officers for the Monroe county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6540** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6540&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–3** (pass) · lower
- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COONEY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-05** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** 1ST REPORT CAL.1142
- **2021-05-20** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-01** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6330A
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.450
- **2021-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-07-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-02** SIGNED CHAP.371 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a05b29f-3396-4771-9577-18ee16f5bc64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).