---
type: "Bill"
title: "Waives the residency requirement for the office of Putnam county attorney"
description: "Waives the residency requirement for the office of Putnam county attorney."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 7801"
citation: "New York S 7801 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pete Harckham"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-05-09"
last_action: "2025-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e268f9f3-5509-4572-b655-647db96b724a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7801"
source_hash: "fc02cf61bd220d9e4c8897122a656fff6c73fe4820294e4addb43b5ddfb99c59"
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 7801 (2025-2026) — Waives the residency requirement for the office of Putnam county attorney

Waives the residency requirement for the office of Putnam county attorney.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7801** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7801&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pete Harckham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-09** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1711
- **2025-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-09** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8311
- **2025-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.679
- **2025-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-09-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-09-10** SIGNED CHAP.407 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e268f9f3-5509-4572-b655-647db96b724a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).