---
type: "Bill"
title: "Waives the residency requirement for certain county attorney positions within Essex county"
description: "Waives the residency requirement for certain county attorney positions within Essex county including assistant public defender."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 5608"
citation: "New York S 5608 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Stec"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-08"
last_action: "2024-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ee5af42-6f35-4130-a77f-b7cd51a8c163"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S5608"
source_hash: "75f35b0f5d840172a0777fdfafd6f29a488cc894b32f45d921549d032fb16bb3"
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 5608 (2023-2024) — Waives the residency requirement for certain county attorney positions within Essex county

Waives the residency requirement for certain county attorney positions within Essex county including assistant public defender.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5608** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5608&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S5608A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S5608A)
3. **S5608B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S5608B)
4. **S5608C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S5608C)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: C — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Investigations And Government Operations Vote - Version: B — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dan Stec — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-08** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** 1ST REPORT CAL.701
- **2023-04-26** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-23** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5608A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-30** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5608B `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-10** COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** 1ST REPORT CAL.706
- **2024-03-26** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-03-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-05-20** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5608C `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-05-28** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6812C
- **2024-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.488
- **2024-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-06** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-08-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-28** SIGNED CHAP.267 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ee5af42-6f35-4130-a77f-b7cd51a8c163`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).