---
type: "Bill"
title: "Waives the residency requirement for the office of commissioner of finance of the county of Putnam"
description: "Waives the residency requirement for the office of commissioner of finance of the county of Putnam."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 7800"
citation: "New York S 7800 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pete Harckham"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-05-09"
last_action: "2025-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b01594d-38aa-4020-af91-589e5992fc9a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7800"
source_hash: "3084e7162dad501b4af7d34087198c97a82fbe22212b872fe468b482404b59c6"
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 7800 (2025-2026) — Waives the residency requirement for the office of commissioner of finance of the county of Putnam

Waives the residency requirement for the office of commissioner of finance of the county of Putnam.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7800** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7800&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **133–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pete Harckham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-09** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1710
- **2025-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-09** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8293
- **2025-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.749
- **2025-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-09-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-09-10** SIGNED CHAP.406 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b01594d-38aa-4020-af91-589e5992fc9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).