---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to restricted clinical laboratory licenses"
description: "Provides for restricted clinical laboratory licenses for individuals employed in a department of health authorized toxicology laboratory, operating under the direction of a clinical laboratory director."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5692"
citation: "New York S 5692 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RIVERA"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-05-13"
last_action: "2019-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a8f6f0d-53c3-4bac-a5f4-97f0c14267bb"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5692"
source_hash: "00146c915facd24e78ff15c6f65dc8723d063fbebef83cef268da782f22aed31"
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 5692 (2019-2020) — Relates to restricted clinical laboratory licenses

Provides for restricted clinical laboratory licenses for individuals employed in a department of health authorized toxicology laboratory, operating under the direction of a clinical laboratory director.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5692** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5692&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S5692A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5692A)

## Votes

- Higher Education Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- RIVERA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-13** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** 1ST REPORT CAL.833
- **2019-05-22** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-05-29** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-30** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-30** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-05** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-05** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 5692A `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 A7906A
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.556
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-08-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-30** SIGNED CHAP.227 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a8f6f0d-53c3-4bac-a5f4-97f0c14267bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).