---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the residency requirements for village justice of Chestnut Ridge"
description: "Relates to the residency requirements for village justice of Chestnut Ridge; requires such person to be a resident of Rockland county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 9374"
citation: "New York S 9374 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["REICHLIN-MELNICK"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-05-20"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5f3819e-3107-47e4-aab2-d7df67b24163"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S9374"
source_hash: "cdd0c2c805fffc76b5a0163090baefb28f878bdf69e06b0085945f939deddf87"
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 9374 (2021-2022) — Relates to the residency requirements for village justice of Chestnut Ridge

Relates to the residency requirements for village justice of Chestnut Ridge; requires such person to be a resident of Rockland county.

## Version chain

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

1. **S9374** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9374&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- REICHLIN-MELNICK — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-20** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-31** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1727
- **2022-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-06-01** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10400B
- **2022-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.753
- **2022-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-06-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** SIGNED CHAP.354 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5f3819e-3107-47e4-aab2-d7df67b24163`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).