---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to continuing education requirements for landscape architects"
description: "Relates to continuing education requirements for landscape architects; provides that adjustments to such requirements may be granted for health reasons, active duty, or other good cause; limits the number of credit hours that may carry over to the next registration period."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 7561"
citation: "New York A 7561 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donna Lupardo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-01"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d64ca692-7a4e-4049-a964-eaeedc8cb8e6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A7561"
source_hash: "e9f68fb430ba385b67e383b5e222ee2a9d82c084091d17a6f3b41113d10a0c6b"
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 7561 (2025-2026) — Relates to continuing education requirements for landscape architects

Relates to continuing education requirements for landscape architects; provides that adjustments to such requirements may be granted for health reasons, active duty, or other good cause; limits the number of credit hours that may carry over to the next registration period.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7561** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7561&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donna Lupardo — primary (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne Buttenschon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-01** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** REPORTED
- **2025-05-21** RULES REPORT CAL.235
- **2025-05-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.235
- **2025-05-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-21** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7220
- **2025-06-05** 3RD READING CAL.908
- **2025-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.529 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d64ca692-7a4e-4049-a964-eaeedc8cb8e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).