---
type: "Bill"
title: "Waives the residency requirement for certain county attorney positions within Warren county"
description: "Waives the residency requirement for certain county attorney positions within Warren county including assistant district attorney, assistant public defender and assistant county attorney."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 4025"
citation: "New York A 4025 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Simpson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/003a5575-7b37-44aa-a13c-2689f840369f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A4025"
source_hash: "f00d24831730f82c3d4dd93e0c4891ac1982c1a468b7791d546a9af78c4f5cd4"
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 A 4025 (2025-2026) — Waives the residency requirement for certain county attorney positions within Warren county

Waives the residency requirement for certain county attorney positions within Warren county including assistant district attorney, assistant public defender and assistant county attorney.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4025** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4025&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **57–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Matthew Simpson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** REPORTED
- **2025-06-06** RULES REPORT CAL.431
- **2025-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.431
- **2025-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S19
- **2025-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.1430
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.513 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/003a5575-7b37-44aa-a13c-2689f840369f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).