---
type: "Bill"
title: "Waives the residency requirement for the Herkimer county commissioner of social services"
description: "Waives the residency requirement for the Herkimer county commissioner of social services, provided that such person remains a resident of an adjoining county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 6770"
citation: "New York A 6770 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian D. Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-08"
last_action: "2023-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b72201d9-1728-4920-8213-fa2fc185a4ca"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A6770"
source_hash: "ea0e9864cf3873eb83e71324f8cd34ce91c04182a2d30df338d912d377d2d319"
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 6770 (2023-2024) — Waives the residency requirement for the Herkimer county commissioner of social services

Waives the residency requirement for the Herkimer county commissioner of social services, provided that such person remains a resident of an adjoining county.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6770** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6770&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian D. Miller — primary (person)
- Robert Smullen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-08** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-24** REPORTED
- **2023-05-24** RULES REPORT CAL.269
- **2023-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.269
- **2023-05-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-30** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-30** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6405
- **2023-06-08** 3RD READING CAL.770
- **2023-06-08** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2023-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-09-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-15** SIGNED CHAP.407 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b72201d9-1728-4920-8213-fa2fc185a4ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).