---
type: "Bill"
title: "Makes conforming changes reflecting the previously authorized scope of practice of nurse practitioners"
description: "Makes conforming changes reflecting the previously authorized scope of practice of nurse practitioners; adds nurse practitioners as persons who can authorize or make certain determinations authorized to be made or determined by physicians."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 3822"
citation: "New York S 3822 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gustavo Rivera"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2026-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd87f840-2129-41d5-987c-374de3d5056b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3822"
source_hash: "8e8690e1a7c6ce6d4fa78d24a69b72bc5e435e0ef271403d72dbaaf7a5774ecb"
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 3822 (2025-2026) — Makes conforming changes reflecting the previously authorized scope of practice of nurse practitioners

Makes conforming changes reflecting the previously authorized scope of practice of nurse practitioners; adds nurse practitioners as persons who can authorize or make certain determinations authorized to be made or determined by physicians.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3822** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3822&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **133–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **59–1** (pass) · upper
- Health Vote — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Higher Education Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Health Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gustavo Rivera — primary (person)
- Alexis Weik — cosponsor (person)
- George Borrello — cosponsor (person)
- John Liu — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Oberacker — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Siela Bynoe — cosponsor (person)
- William Weber — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** 1ST REPORT CAL.1262
- **2025-05-21** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-05-22** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-06-13** COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-07** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-21** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-05** 1ST REPORT CAL.920
- **2026-05-06** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2026-05-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2026-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-06-04** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-06-04** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1942
- **2026-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.532
- **2026-06-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-06-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2026-06-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-26** SIGNED CHAP.159 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd87f840-2129-41d5-987c-374de3d5056b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).