---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the performance of certain dental hygiene services at voluntary foster care agency health facilities"
description: "Authorizes the performance of certain dental hygiene services at voluntary foster care agency health facilities by a registered hygienist operating pursuant to a collaborative agreement between such hygienist and a dentist."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 9477"
citation: "New York A 9477 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Paulin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-07"
last_action: "2026-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3b249b9-b619-43a9-bd0f-db45fbf20266"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A9477"
source_hash: "c72ec424d70043a4b93743b086818514e2ff2dd4c368d14ae33aceacd2c69039"
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 9477 (2025-2026) — Authorizes the performance of certain dental hygiene services at voluntary foster care agency health facilities

Authorizes the performance of certain dental hygiene services at voluntary foster care agency health facilities by a registered hygienist operating pursuant to a collaborative agreement between such hygienist and a dentist.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9477** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9477&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **54–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy Paulin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** REPORTED
- **2026-01-12** RULES REPORT CAL.12
- **2026-01-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.12
- **2026-01-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-01-13** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2026-01-13** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8784
- **2026-01-29** 3RD READING CAL.73
- **2026-01-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-01-29** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.23 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3b249b9-b619-43a9-bd0f-db45fbf20266`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).