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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates extending provisions of law relating to physical therapy assistant services in public and private primary and secondary schools"
+description: "Relates to extending provisions of law relating to physical therapy assistant services in public and private primary and secondary schools."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "A 8478"
+citation: "New York A 8478 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Claire Valdez"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-05-16"
+last_action: "2025-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5ce06ef-34a2-4af9-a163-58c3dbadf44d"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8478"
+source_hash: "51de55c417b252fc85158d3f8bf20ed43042cf21c45d24634354720459428372"
+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 8478 (2025-2026) — Relates extending provisions of law relating to physical therapy assistant services in public and private primary and secondary schools
+
+Relates to extending provisions of law relating to physical therapy assistant services in public and private primary and secondary schools.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A8478** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8478&term=2025&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Claire Valdez — primary (person)
+- Larinda Hooks — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-16** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-20** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-21** REPORTED
+- **2025-05-21** RULES REPORT CAL.253
+- **2025-05-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.253
+- **2025-05-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-05-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2025-05-21** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8251
+- **2025-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1584
+- **2025-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-06-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-18** SIGNED CHAP.148 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5ce06ef-34a2-4af9-a163-58c3dbadf44d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+