---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amends chapter 497 of the laws of 2016 amending the education law relating to the licensure of pathologists' assistants, in relation to the effectiveness thereof"
description: "Amends the education law relating to the licensure of pathologists' assistants, in relation to the effectiveness thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 10174"
citation: "New York A 10174 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BICHOTTE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-22"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fc6e911-71a4-4541-8135-dd4674988f23"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A10174"
source_hash: "d6d7f49d0c8b0ccafbe75e80dcff113e315532b7ac17b802ca90aa7ac664cc79"
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 10174 (2017-2018) — Amends chapter 497 of the laws of 2016 amending the education law relating to the licensure of pathologists' assistants, in relation to the effectiveness thereof

Amends the education law relating to the licensure of pathologists' assistants, in relation to the effectiveness thereof.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A10174 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A10174&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A10174 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A10174)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **126–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BICHOTTE — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-03-22** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-17** REPORTED
- **2018-04-19** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.772
- **2018-04-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-04-25** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-04-25** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8088
- **2018-05-30** 3RD READING CAL.807
- **2018-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-04** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-06-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-01** SIGNED CHAP.85 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fc6e911-71a4-4541-8135-dd4674988f23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).