New York A 11395: Permits Yates county assistant district attorneys and assistant public defenders to reside in Monroe county

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A11395 Summary:

BILL NOA11395 

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SAME ASSAME AS S10526

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SPONSORRules (Palmesano)

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §3, Pub Off L

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

Go to top A11395 Actions:

BILL NOA11395 

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05/15/2026referred to governmental operations

06/01/2026reference changed to ways and means

06/05/2026reported referred to rules

06/05/2026reported 

06/05/2026rules report cal.624

06/05/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.624

06/05/2026substituted by s10526

&nbspS10526 AMEND= O'MARA

&nbsp05/18/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

&nbsp06/01/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

&nbsp06/01/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1518

&nbsp06/01/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/01/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/01/2026referred to ways and means

&nbsp06/05/2026substituted for a11395

&nbsp06/05/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.624

&nbsp06/05/2026passed assembly

&nbsp06/05/2026returned to senate

Go to topA11395 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/05/2026AYE/NAY:31/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyePalmesanoAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyeWalshAye

WeprinAyeDeStefanoExcused

RamosAyeManktelowAye

BraunsteinAyeSmullenExcused

McDonaldAyeGiglioAye

RozicAyeSlaterAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAbsent

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

SeptimoAye

HevesiAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/05/2026AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedRaAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeBrabenecAye

DinowitzAyePalmesanoAye

ColtonAyeReillyAye

MagnarelliAyeSmithAye

PaulinAyeJensenAye

Peoples-StokesAyeGandolfoAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA11395 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA11395 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 11395

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 15, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Palmesano)
 -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to permitting Yates
 county assistant district attorneys and assistant public defenders to
 reside in Monroe county

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 38 and 38-a of section 3 of the public offi-
 2 cers law, as amended by chapter 405 of the laws of 2025, are amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 38. In the county of Yates, the provisions of this section requiring a
 5 person to be a resident of the political subdivision or municipal corpo-
 6 ration of the state for which such person shall be chosen or within
 7 which such person's official functions are required to be exercised,
 8 shall not prevent a person from holding the office of assistant district
 9 attorney of the county of Yates, other than the first assistant district
 10 attorney, provided that such person resides in Yates county, an adjoin-
 11 ing county within the state of New York, [or] within Chemung county, or
 12 within Monroe county.
 13 38-a. In the county of Yates, the provisions of this section requiring
 14 a person to be a resident of the political subdivision or municipal
 15 corporation of the state for which such person shall be chosen or within
 16 which such person's official functions are required to be exercised,
 17 shall not prevent a person regularly admitted to practice as an attorney
 18 or counselor in the courts of record of this state from holding the
 19 office of assistant public defender of the county of Yates, provided
 20 that such person resides in the county of Yates, an adjoining county
 21 within the state of New York, [or] within Chemung county, or within
 22 Monroe county.
 23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in br