---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates extending provisions of law relating to physical therapy assistant services in public and private primary and secondary schools"
description: "Relates to extending provisions of law relating to physical therapy assistant services in public and private primary and secondary schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 8478"
citation: "New York A 8478 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Claire Valdez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-16"
last_action: "2025-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5ce06ef-34a2-4af9-a163-58c3dbadf44d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8478"
source_hash: "51de55c417b252fc85158d3f8bf20ed43042cf21c45d24634354720459428372"
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 8478 (2025-2026) — Relates extending provisions of law relating to physical therapy assistant services in public and private primary and secondary schools

Relates to extending provisions of law relating to physical therapy assistant services in public and private primary and secondary schools.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8478** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8478&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Claire Valdez — primary (person)
- Larinda Hooks — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-16** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** REPORTED
- **2025-05-21** RULES REPORT CAL.253
- **2025-05-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.253
- **2025-05-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-21** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8251
- **2025-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1584
- **2025-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-18** SIGNED CHAP.148 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5ce06ef-34a2-4af9-a163-58c3dbadf44d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).