---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to certificates of qualification for clinical laboratories and blood banks and work standards for cytotechnologists"
description: "Amends various provisions governing certificates of qualification for clinical laboratories and blood banks; provides for the department of health to prescribe minimum qualifications; provides that certificates shall cover all laboratory work; increases fees; requires work standards for cytotechnologists to be as stringent as federal regulations; removes registration requirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 9235"
citation: "New York A 9235 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Paulin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-22"
last_action: "2024-12-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a1b250a-8e4d-45b8-89f2-8b6771cd71ec"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A9235"
source_hash: "7357d5257d3d4bac917fe3914f5ea624f90a4ed9e374a948dd42522a88aae325"
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 9235 (2023-2024) — Relates to certificates of qualification for clinical laboratories and blood banks and work standards for cytotechnologists

Amends various provisions governing certificates of qualification for clinical laboratories and blood banks; provides for the department of health to prescribe minimum qualifications; provides that certificates shall cover all laboratory work; increases fees; requires work standards for cytotechnologists to be as stringent as federal regulations; removes registration requirement.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9235** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9235&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A9235A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A9235A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy Paulin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-22** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** PRINT NUMBER 9235A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-09** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-20** REPORTED
- **2024-05-20** RULES REPORT CAL.76
- **2024-05-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.76
- **2024-05-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-05-20** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8966A
- **2024-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.998
- **2024-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-12-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-13** SIGNED CHAP.562 `executive-signature`
- **2024-12-13** APPROVAL MEMO.32

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a1b250a-8e4d-45b8-89f2-8b6771cd71ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).