---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends the effectiveness of provisions of law relating to physical therapy assistants"
description: "Extends the effectiveness of provisions of law relating to physical therapy assistants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 8217"
citation: "New York S 8217 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LAVALLE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-04-18"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/890ef51c-34b5-408b-98c0-6930b7fee5a0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S8217"
source_hash: "30a7531ad33fb3df30ed95c6bc64c2c4923fbf1810f46c290c27fa0e3eed4b1d"
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 8217 (2017-2018) — Extends the effectiveness of provisions of law relating to physical therapy assistants

Extends the effectiveness of provisions of law relating to physical therapy assistants.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8217 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8217&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S8217 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S8217)

## Votes

- Higher Education Vote — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LAVALLE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-18** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-01** 1ST REPORT CAL.974
- **2018-05-02** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2018-05-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2018-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-04** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-06-04** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10381A
- **2018-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.852
- **2018-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-06-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2018-06-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-01** SIGNED CHAP.107 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/890ef51c-34b5-408b-98c0-6930b7fee5a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).