---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires nursing certificate and degree education programs to include clinical education and allows for a portion of such clinical education to be completed through simulation experience"
description: "Requires nursing certificate and degree education programs to include clinical education; allows for one-third of such clinical education to be completed through simulation experience."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 447"
citation: "New York S 447 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Toby Ann Stavisky"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e00ff98-6613-4dca-8f29-702dc978dda9"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S447"
source_hash: "3acfc35c7dcf6e8fcc1a83ec9fdce7c05a59990f4a963e51a994ca93c0c69af1"
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 447 (2023-2024) — Requires nursing certificate and degree education programs to include clinical education and allows for a portion of such clinical education to be completed through simulation experience

Requires nursing certificate and degree education programs to include clinical education; allows for one-third of such clinical education to be completed through simulation experience.

## Version chain

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

1. **S447** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S447&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S447A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S447A)
3. **S447B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S447B)
4. **S447C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S447C)

## Votes

- Higher Education Vote - Version: A — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: C — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Toby Ann Stavisky — primary (person)
- Alexis Weik — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — cosponsor (person)
- George Borrello — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick M. Gallivan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** PRINT NUMBER 447A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-31** 1ST REPORT CAL.238
- **2023-02-01** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-02-06** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-03-08** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 447B `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-13** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 447C `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-03-20** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-03-20** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3076A
- **2023-03-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.73
- **2023-03-27** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-03-27** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-15** SIGNED CHAP.134 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e00ff98-6613-4dca-8f29-702dc978dda9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).