---
type: "Bill"
title: "Waives the residency requirement for certain county attorney positions within Greene county"
description: "Waives the residency requirement for certain county attorney positions within Greene county including assistant public defender."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 9265"
citation: "New York S 9265 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Hinchey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-05-08"
last_action: "2024-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/158bfc2a-2e82-4533-9312-7f0c856ecea3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S9265"
source_hash: "3e93c233fc050b2b215cb6f733eb89bc9af7eb656c7aca74ce184c23ed8ddfcf"
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 9265 (2023-2024) — Waives the residency requirement for certain county attorney positions within Greene county

Waives the residency requirement for certain county attorney positions within Greene county including assistant public defender.

## Version chain

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

1. **S9265** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9265&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michelle Hinchey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-08** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-21** 1ST REPORT CAL.1433
- **2024-05-22** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-05-23** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-05-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-05-28** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9916
- **2024-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.640
- **2024-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-08-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-28** SIGNED CHAP.282 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/158bfc2a-2e82-4533-9312-7f0c856ecea3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).