---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the practice of applied behavior analysis"
description: "Relates to the practice of applied behavior analysis."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 3523"
citation: "New York A 3523 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PEOPLES-STOKES"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-12-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48ab77b2-4a24-4a5b-a8a0-af89e2cbe646"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A3523"
source_hash: "7cc5681d18eb2bbc0843860c291ffc235ac7bad74c78a596def7246d2e4b6f1f"
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 A 3523 (2021-2022) — Relates to the practice of applied behavior analysis

Relates to the practice of applied behavior analysis.

## Version chain

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

1. **A3523** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3523&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A3523A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A3523A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PEOPLES-STOKES — primary (person)
- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
- BARCLAY — cosponsor (person)
- BURDICK — cosponsor (person)
- BUTTENSCHON — cosponsor (person)
- BYRNE — cosponsor (person)
- CLARK — cosponsor (person)
- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
- DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
- DINOWITZ — cosponsor (person)
- DIPIETRO — cosponsor (person)
- EICHENSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- FRONTUS — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED — cosponsor (person)
- GUNTHER — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- LUNSFORD — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
- MCMAHON — cosponsor (person)
- MILLER M — cosponsor (person)
- NIOU — cosponsor (person)
- PAULIN — cosponsor (person)
- PICHARDO — cosponsor (person)
- RA — cosponsor (person)
- ROZIC — cosponsor (person)
- SANTABARBARA — cosponsor (person)
- SCHMITT — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH — cosponsor (person)
- SOLAGES — cosponsor (person)
- STIRPE — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
- WALCZYK — cosponsor (person)
- WALLACE — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH — cosponsor (person)
- ZEBROWSKI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** PRINT NUMBER 3523A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** REPORTED
- **2021-05-24** RULES REPORT CAL.88
- **2021-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.88
- **2021-05-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-24** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-24** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1662B
- **2021-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1130
- **2021-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-12-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-30** SIGNED CHAP.818 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48ab77b2-4a24-4a5b-a8a0-af89e2cbe646`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).