---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to authorizing licensed pharmacists to administer an approved vaccine for COVID-19"
description: "Authorizes licensed pharmacists to administer a vaccine for COVID-19 approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration Center for Biologics Evaulation and Research vaccine product approval process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8182"
citation: "New York S 8182 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HOYLMAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-04-13"
last_action: "2020-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94f58db2-f0b5-4116-8f14-ff16cee1b582"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8182"
source_hash: "3b84b9de5c5b6a6893b00f1716ac1606c301753a1d581d8c7383cadbf00b86ea"
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 8182 (2019-2020) — Relates to authorizing licensed pharmacists to administer an approved vaccine for COVID-19

Authorizes licensed pharmacists to administer a vaccine for COVID-19 approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration Center for Biologics Evaulation and Research vaccine product approval process.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8182** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8182&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S8182A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S8182A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **131–12** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Health Vote - Version: A — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HOYLMAN — primary (person)
- ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
- BENJAMIN — cosponsor (person)
- BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)
- MONTGOMERY — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-04-13** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-24** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-24** PRINT NUMBER 8182A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-24** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-26** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.647
- **2020-05-27** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-05-27** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-05-27** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-27** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10508A
- **2020-05-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.47
- **2020-05-28** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-05-28** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-06-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-17** SIGNED CHAP.110 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94f58db2-f0b5-4116-8f14-ff16cee1b582`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).