---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits Yates county assistant district attorneys and assistant public defenders to reside in Chemung county"
description: "Permits Yates county assistant district attorneys and assistant public defenders to reside in Chemung county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 7796"
citation: "New York S 7796 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas F. O'Mara"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-05-06"
last_action: "2025-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/041f978b-62cc-481f-9836-2e8118aad0ae"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7796"
source_hash: "57bfdd9974d3bb99a05d30ead1ef96d4e2ba3a460ef6c66049784265cf6d9bfe"
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 7796 (2025-2026) — Permits Yates county assistant district attorneys and assistant public defenders to reside in Chemung county

Permits Yates county assistant district attorneys and assistant public defenders to reside in Chemung county.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7796** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7796&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S7796A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7796A)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: A — **20–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomas F. O'Mara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-06** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-05** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-05** PRINT NUMBER 7796A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-09** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1650
- **2025-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-10** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8180A
- **2025-06-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.822
- **2025-06-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-16** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-09-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-09-10** SIGNED CHAP.405 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/041f978b-62cc-481f-9836-2e8118aad0ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).