---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the practice of physical therapy"
description: "Updates the educational requirements for the practice of physical therapy; requires individuals to have received a doctoral degree or an education determined equivalent in physical therapy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 6220"
citation: "New York S 6220 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Toby Ann Stavisky"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-04"
last_action: "2023-10-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d5d8f81-5433-4cc3-8e47-bb6756df5633"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6220"
source_hash: "0a24e3a06e49dc3ce0ba68132c7e688da7416e052667f41e382d177843bb97eb"
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 6220 (2023-2024) — Relates to the practice of physical therapy

Updates the educational requirements for the practice of physical therapy; requires individuals to have received a doctoral degree or an education determined equivalent in physical therapy.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6220** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6220&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S6220A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S6220A)
3. **S6220B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S6220B)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **145–1** (pass) · lower
- Higher Education Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **59–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Toby Ann Stavisky — primary (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-04** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** 1ST REPORT CAL.685
- **2023-04-26** AMENDED 6220A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-26** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-01** AMENDED 6220B `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-15** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-15** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-15** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6696
- **2023-05-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.172
- **2023-05-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-10-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-25** SIGNED CHAP.594 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d5d8f81-5433-4cc3-8e47-bb6756df5633`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).