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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to clarifying the status of certain persons exempt from optometrist license requirements"
+description: "Clarifies the status of certain persons exempt from optometrist license requirements."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "A 3158"
+citation: "New York A 3158 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alex Bores"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-02"
+last_action: "2023-10-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b9602f3-02f9-458f-86e8-de0930fe7957"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A3158"
+source_hash: "7fb118a9b7581147aab56cd7150f168f64186ce6d5211fc29a7901e998a4674f"
+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 3158 (2023-2024) — Relates to clarifying the status of certain persons exempt from optometrist license requirements
+
+Clarifies the status of certain persons exempt from optometrist license requirements.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A3158** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3158&term=2023&Text=Y)
+2. **A3158A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A3158A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alex Bores — primary (person)
+- Aileen Gunther — cosponsor (person)
+- Albert A. Stirpe — cosponsor (person)
+- Amy Paulin — cosponsor (person)
+- Anil Beephan Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Anna Kelles — cosponsor (person)
+- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
+- Eddie Gibbs — cosponsor (person)
+- Emily Gallagher — cosponsor (person)
+- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffrion Aubry — cosponsor (person)
+- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
+- John T. McDonald III — cosponsor (person)
+- Kenny Burgos — cosponsor (person)
+- Marianne Buttenschon — cosponsor (person)
+- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
+- Monica P. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
+- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
+- Stefani Zinerman — cosponsor (person)
+- Steven Raga — cosponsor (person)
+- Yudelka Tapia — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-02** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-31** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-31** PRINT NUMBER 3158A `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-04-18** REPORTED
+- **2023-04-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.132
+- **2023-04-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2023-04-26** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2023-04-26** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR S131A
+- **2023-05-03** 3RD READING CAL.147
+- **2023-05-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2023-05-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2023-10-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-10-25** SIGNED CHAP.546 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b9602f3-02f9-458f-86e8-de0930fe7957`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+