---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows pharmacy technicians to practice in any pharmacy under the supervision of a pharmacist"
description: "Allows pharmacy technicians to practice in any pharmacy under the supervision of a pharmacist."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 3236"
citation: "New York S 3236 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy Cooney"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7da97025-7eba-4f1e-9860-b1ccd3ee9994"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3236"
source_hash: "1dcefdb7ef8e9b03f0b70e04e8bc5faa726d32f6c4be8875b7f566fe1665eba8"
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 3236 (2025-2026) — Allows pharmacy technicians to practice in any pharmacy under the supervision of a pharmacist

Allows pharmacy technicians to practice in any pharmacy under the supervision of a pharmacist.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3236** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3236&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S3236A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3236A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Higher Education Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeremy Cooney — primary (person)
- George Borrello — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
- Luis R. Sepúlveda — cosponsor (person)
- Nathalia Fernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Pamela Helming — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick M. Gallivan — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** 1ST REPORT CAL.454
- **2025-03-05** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-03-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-03-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-03-18** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-03-18** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2025-05-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-05** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-05-05** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 3236A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-13** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-05-13** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-05-13** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR A678A
- **2025-05-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.198
- **2025-05-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-21** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.543 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7da97025-7eba-4f1e-9860-b1ccd3ee9994`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).