---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to removing residency requirements for Franklin county assistant district attorneys"
description: "Removes residency requirements for persons holding the office of assistant district attorney for the county of Franklin; provides that a person holding such office may reside in Franklin county or an adjoining county within the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 5973"
citation: "New York A 5973 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Billy Jones"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-25"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16bf2378-6add-4b27-b75e-72a9389225e9"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A5973"
source_hash: "4a604abcd8262da72d71bbc75d25da7d2bee41a8c8525c9fa9d9061957f25ad9"
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 5973 (2025-2026) — Relates to removing residency requirements for Franklin county assistant district attorneys

Removes residency requirements for persons holding the office of assistant district attorney for the county of Franklin; provides that a person holding such office may reside in Franklin county or an adjoining county within the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5973** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5973&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **56–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Billy Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-25** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** REPORTED
- **2025-05-21** RULES REPORT CAL.221
- **2025-05-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.221
- **2025-05-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-21** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4817
- **2025-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.1440
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.517 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16bf2378-6add-4b27-b75e-72a9389225e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).