---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to residency exemption for plumbing inspectors in the city of Rochester"
description: "Provides that in the city of Rochester plumbing inspectors shall be citizens and residents of the county in which the city is located."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 6953"
citation: "New York A 6953 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harry B. Bronson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-18"
last_action: "2025-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf66b721-d2df-400d-9ceb-944015f05e80"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A6953"
source_hash: "41d0510050b6d6093a55cf977871e01ceec5327a6a0f03024fe5ee991f4ac7ae"
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 6953 (2025-2026) — Relates to residency exemption for plumbing inspectors in the city of Rochester

Provides that in the city of Rochester plumbing inspectors shall be citizens and residents of the county in which the city is located.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6953** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6953&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A6953A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A6953A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harry B. Bronson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-18** REFERRED TO CITIES `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** PRINT NUMBER 6953A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-07** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** REPORTED
- **2025-04-07** RULES REPORT CAL.144
- **2025-04-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.144
- **2025-04-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-04-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-04-09** REFERRED TO CITIES 2 `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5758
- **2025-06-04** 3RD READING CAL.999
- **2025-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-04** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-09-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-09-10** SIGNED CHAP.376 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf66b721-d2df-400d-9ceb-944015f05e80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).