---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to first aid instruction for coaches and staff of high school athletics"
description: "Allows coaches who cannot be certified in CPR to be able to coach high school sports if there is another coach or staff present at the sporting activity who is certified in CPR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 9534"
citation: "New York A 9534 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["STIRPE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-16"
last_action: "2022-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d650888c-1b43-49a6-9554-1f5eb73fe92e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A9534"
source_hash: "250c4aa144f4eea7d7edb0e48e224f546901bb689b9602bb255c9db9005fbd5f"
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 9534 (2021-2022) — Relates to first aid instruction for coaches and staff of high school athletics

Allows coaches who cannot be certified in CPR to be able to coach high school sports if there is another coach or staff present at the sporting activity who is certified in CPR.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9534** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9534&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A9534A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A9534A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STIRPE — primary (person)
- BRAUNSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- BUTTENSCHON — cosponsor (person)
- BYRNE — cosponsor (person)
- CONRAD — cosponsor (person)
- DE LOS SANTOS — cosponsor (person)
- DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
- GIGLIO JA — cosponsor (person)
- GIGLIO JM — cosponsor (person)
- GLICK — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- GUNTHER — cosponsor (person)
- HEVESI — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- LAWLER — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
- MAMDANI — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONALD — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONOUGH — cosponsor (person)
- O'DONNELL — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- STERN — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
- ZEBROWSKI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-16** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-18** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-18** PRINT NUMBER 9534A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-27** REPORTED
- **2022-04-28** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.568
- **2022-05-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-03** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-03** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8615A
- **2022-05-18** 3RD READING CAL.1170
- **2022-05-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-18** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-08-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-08-17** SIGNED CHAP.519 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d650888c-1b43-49a6-9554-1f5eb73fe92e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).