---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to exempting certain fire department officers of the Village of Hancock fire department from a New York state residency requirement"
description: "Relates to exempting certain fire department officers of the Village of Hancock fire department from a New York state residency requirement; provides that chief, first and second assistant chiefs and any additional chiefs of the fire department of the village of Hancock need not be a resident of the state of New York."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 6619"
citation: "New York S 6619 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peter Oberacker"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-05-01"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d72a29b-b6d4-4f7f-8eb0-df2b630d7841"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6619"
source_hash: "dcb9f6546e43b5dd913505282a70d9e23fa2d074c0aace5787bf15ac0503cbd2"
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 6619 (2023-2024) — Relates to exempting certain fire department officers of the Village of Hancock fire department from a New York state residency requirement

Relates to exempting certain fire department officers of the Village of Hancock fire department from a New York state residency requirement; provides that chief, first and second assistant chiefs and any additional chiefs of the fire department of the village of Hancock need not be a resident of the state of New York.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6619** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6619&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **19–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **58–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Peter Oberacker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-01** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1760
- **2024-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-05** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4039
- **2024-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.594
- **2024-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-09-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-09-27** SIGNED CHAP.380 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d72a29b-b6d4-4f7f-8eb0-df2b630d7841`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).