---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes certain health care professional licensed to practice in other jurisdictions to practice in this state in connection with an event sanctioned by New York Road Runners"
description: "Extends provisions of law relating to authorizing certain health care professionals licensed to practice in other jurisdictions to practice in this state in connection with an event sanctioned by New York Road Runners."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5779"
citation: "New York S 5779 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SERRANO"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-14"
last_action: "2019-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb800850-ddfa-4304-b2fa-cf9ee4ba0e1a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5779"
source_hash: "e3c608c79602a3d36503df0054c90a83a0e9e4c5ec679519a7c204b16018f96b"
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 5779 (2019-2020) — Authorizes certain health care professional licensed to practice in other jurisdictions to practice in this state in connection with an event sanctioned by New York Road Runners

Extends provisions of law relating to authorizing certain health care professionals licensed to practice in other jurisdictions to practice in this state in connection with an event sanctioned by New York Road Runners.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5779** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5779&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Health Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SERRANO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-14** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** 1ST REPORT CAL.841
- **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 CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7673
- **2019-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.565
- **2019-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-06** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-03** SIGNED CHAP.80 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb800850-ddfa-4304-b2fa-cf9ee4ba0e1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).