---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits the office of village justice and/or associate justice may be held by a non-resident"
description: "Authorizes the board of trustees of the village of East Syracuse to permit that the office of village justice and/or associate justice may be held by a non-resident who lives in the town of Dewitt."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 1678"
citation: "New York S 1678 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher Ryan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98f75142-2aef-4b63-b916-2ea15fd41f96"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1678"
source_hash: "1a16caa4102bea5a7cd70a5a07097dd32f92a7b1134364f200f3a456f44407a5"
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 1678 (2025-2026) — Permits the office of village justice and/or associate justice may be held by a non-resident

Authorizes the board of trustees of the village of East Syracuse to permit that the office of village justice and/or associate justice may be held by a non-resident who lives in the town of Dewitt.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1678** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1678&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christopher Ryan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** 1ST REPORT CAL.374
- **2025-02-26** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-03-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-03-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-03-04** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-03-05** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2124
- **2025-03-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.64
- **2025-03-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-03-24** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-08-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-26** SIGNED CHAP.357 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98f75142-2aef-4b63-b916-2ea15fd41f96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).