---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the instilling of mydriatic or cycloplegic eye drops by persons qualified and supervised by a licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist"
description: "Relates to the instilling of mydriatic or cycloplegic eye drops by persons qualified and supervised by a licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4469"
citation: "New York S 4469 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["STAVISKY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-12"
last_action: "2019-11-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c97c27b-c9bf-4624-9c4b-1da37fdcea68"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4469"
source_hash: "14c804842c835b8766b9fe876f662b130e830adfdc2849f07754b801d219cac8"
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 4469 (2019-2020) — Relates to the instilling of mydriatic or cycloplegic eye drops by persons qualified and supervised by a licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist

Relates to the instilling of mydriatic or cycloplegic eye drops by persons qualified and supervised by a licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4469** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4469&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S4469A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S4469A)
3. **S4469B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S4469B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Higher Education Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STAVISKY — primary (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-12** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** 1ST REPORT CAL.695
- **2019-05-15** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-05-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-29** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4469A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-03** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-04** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-04** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-04** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4469B `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-11** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-11** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3822D
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.544
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-11-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-20** SIGNED CHAP.517 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c97c27b-c9bf-4624-9c4b-1da37fdcea68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).