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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to the practice of physical therapy"
+description: "Updates the educational requirements for the practice of physical therapy; requires individuals to have received a doctoral degree or an education determined equivalent in physical therapy."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "S 6220"
+citation: "New York S 6220 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Toby Ann Stavisky"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-04-04"
+last_action: "2023-10-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d5d8f81-5433-4cc3-8e47-bb6756df5633"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6220"
+source_hash: "0a24e3a06e49dc3ce0ba68132c7e688da7416e052667f41e382d177843bb97eb"
+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 6220 (2023-2024) — Relates to the practice of physical therapy
+
+Updates the educational requirements for the practice of physical therapy; requires individuals to have received a doctoral degree or an education determined equivalent in physical therapy.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S6220** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6220&term=2023&Text=Y)
+2. **S6220A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S6220A)
+3. **S6220B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S6220B)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **145–1** (pass) · lower
+- Higher Education Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote - Version: B — **59–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Toby Ann Stavisky — primary (person)
+- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-04-04** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-25** 1ST REPORT CAL.685
+- **2023-04-26** AMENDED 6220A `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-04-26** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2023-05-01** AMENDED 6220B `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
+- **2023-05-15** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2023-05-15** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2023-05-15** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6696
+- **2023-05-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.172
+- **2023-05-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2023-05-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2023-10-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-10-25** SIGNED CHAP.594 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d5d8f81-5433-4cc3-8e47-bb6756df5633`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+