---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to temporarily authorizing certain applicants for licensure as a nurse or physician to practice"
description: "Relates to allowing certain applicants for licensure as a nurse or physician who are currently licensed and in good standing in another state or territory to be granted authorization to practice in this state for a limited period of time pending a determination on licensure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 6697"
citation: "New York A 6697 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patricia Fahy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-02"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03a7a686-fb7c-4e9b-b612-c8f9bfa49374"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A6697"
source_hash: "ad0e745bde441ec938b64e15f6934353bab88a73cf1763eaee04aa3448634e65"
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 6697 (2023-2024) — Relates to temporarily authorizing certain applicants for licensure as a nurse or physician to practice

Relates to allowing certain applicants for licensure as a nurse or physician who are currently licensed and in good standing in another state or territory to be granted authorization to practice in this state for a limited period of time pending a determination on licensure.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6697** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6697&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A6697A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A6697A)
3. **A6697B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A6697B)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patricia Fahy — primary (person)
- Albert A. Stirpe — cosponsor (person)
- Amy Paulin — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie Woerner — cosponsor (person)
- Crystal Peoples-Stokes — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Lupardo — cosponsor (person)
- Jen Lunsford — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Angelino — cosponsor (person)
- Joe DeStefano — cosponsor (person)
- John K. Mikulin — cosponsor (person)
- John T. McDonald III — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Jensen — cosponsor (person)
- Monica P. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- Nily Rozic — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah Clark — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-02** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** PRINT NUMBER 6697A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-23** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES 6697B `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** REPORTED
- **2023-06-07** RULES REPORT CAL.651
- **2023-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.651
- **2023-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-09** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7492B
- **2023-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1854
- **2023-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-22** SIGNED CHAP.136 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03a7a686-fb7c-4e9b-b612-c8f9bfa49374`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).