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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Extends provisions of law relating to applied behavioral analysis"
+description: "Extends provisions of law relating to applied behavioral analysis."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "A 8479"
+citation: "New York A 8479 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Nikki Lucas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-05-16"
+last_action: "2025-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66b4c9df-a699-4e4e-a3f6-024399e4b6cd"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8479"
+source_hash: "b66f0746b5706d6220778a1eed2531385395a5a7f24b5e5423919bb127178cd9"
+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 8479 (2025-2026) — Extends provisions of law relating to applied behavioral analysis
+
+Extends provisions of law relating to applied behavioral analysis.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A8479** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8479&term=2025&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Nikki Lucas — primary (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.254
+- **2025-05-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.254
+- **2025-05-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-05-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2025-05-21** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8362
+- **2025-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.1668
+- **2025-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-06-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-26** SIGNED CHAP.168 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66b4c9df-a699-4e4e-a3f6-024399e4b6cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+