---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to residency requirements for stenographers in the county of Westchester"
description: "Relates to residency requirements for stenographers in the county of Westchester; provides the district attorney may appoint someone residing in any county of the ninth judicial district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 8985"
citation: "New York S 8985 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAYER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-05-03"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e14e3705-4723-4fb5-873c-93a0a27f117a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S8985"
source_hash: "0cdae779f5f157b6e464f328626dc26da192ffb23e292239f162318b04e20789"
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 8985 (2021-2022) — Relates to residency requirements for stenographers in the county of Westchester

Relates to residency requirements for stenographers in the county of Westchester; provides the district attorney may appoint someone residing in any county of the ninth judicial district.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8985** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8985&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MAYER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-03** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-31** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1696
- **2022-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-06-01** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10427
- **2022-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.585
- **2022-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-01** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-06-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** SIGNED CHAP.344 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e14e3705-4723-4fb5-873c-93a0a27f117a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).