---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modernizes the practice of podiatry"
description: "Modernizes the practice of podiatry specifically relating to ankle surgery."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 6693"
citation: "New York S 6693 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Jackson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-19"
last_action: "2025-12-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10bad503-7e1b-4786-a48d-81b06b3cfd1f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S6693"
source_hash: "a3fa2d7c79f01705b5f47e82a144192a7896c8cd7c7056f3ba803310366fbc00"
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 6693 (2025-2026) — Modernizes the practice of podiatry

Modernizes the practice of podiatry specifically relating to ankle surgery.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6693** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6693&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S6693A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S6693A)
3. **S6693B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S6693B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **46–13** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **131–4** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert Jackson — primary (person)
- Patricia Fahy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-19** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** PRINT NUMBER 6693A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-09** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1635
- **2025-06-09** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 6693B `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-12** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4613B
- **2025-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.889
- **2025-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-12** SIGNED CHAP.635 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10bad503-7e1b-4786-a48d-81b06b3cfd1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).