---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the requirements for a license as a professional engineer"
description: "Relates to the education requirements for a license as a professional engineer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 3541"
citation: "New York S 3541 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["STAVISKY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-30"
last_action: "2021-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01da95f3-877c-4265-9084-c1cbc75bdabd"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S3541"
source_hash: "7ca149ffea8d38183914eb75b54fa64962d059ada136ae6ecccbaea29665f01e"
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 3541 (2021-2022) — Relates to the requirements for a license as a professional engineer

Relates to the education requirements for a license as a professional engineer.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3541** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3541&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Higher Education Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **55–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STAVISKY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-30** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** 1ST REPORT CAL.703
- **2021-04-21** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-04-26** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-04-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-04-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-04-28** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6809
- **2021-05-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.330
- **2021-05-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-09-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-08** SIGNED CHAP.465 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01da95f3-877c-4265-9084-c1cbc75bdabd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).