---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to mandatory continuing education for architects"
description: "Relates to mandatory continuing education for architects; removes exemption from mandatory continuing education requirements for the triennial registration period when an architect is first licensed; allows no more than six continuing education hours taken during one triennium may be transferred to a subsequent triennium; makes related provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6783"
citation: "New York S 6783 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["COONEY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-17"
last_action: "2021-11-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3370c9b-b8e8-46cc-806a-44ff063e7f7b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6783"
source_hash: "f8309a2877e56d222238569d768d2acb466532afdf0ce89f846192837ff9aebb"
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 6783 (2021-2022) — Relates to mandatory continuing education for architects

Relates to mandatory continuing education for architects; removes exemption from mandatory continuing education requirements for the triennial registration period when an architect is first licensed; allows no more than six continuing education hours taken during one triennium may be transferred to a subsequent triennium; makes related provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6783** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6783&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COONEY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-17** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1307
- **2021-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-01** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7604
- **2021-06-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.268
- **2021-06-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-02** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-10-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-03** SIGNED CHAP.578 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3370c9b-b8e8-46cc-806a-44ff063e7f7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).