---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends certain provisions relating to physical therapy assistants"
description: "Extends certain provisions relating to the provision of physical therapy assistant services by physical therapy assistants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 9971"
citation: "New York A 9971 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["COOK"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-04-27"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46315dc8-221a-4b36-b08a-9a1ae0cb4ba1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A9971"
source_hash: "425537b4d45c84b2861c715512d849252c1f05f25d38433e1ccd5cada93e2575"
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 9971 (2021-2022) — Extends certain provisions relating to physical therapy assistants

Extends certain provisions relating to the provision of physical therapy assistant services by physical therapy assistants.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9971** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9971&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- COOK — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-27** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-03** REPORTED
- **2022-05-05** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.640
- **2022-05-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-10** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-10** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8843A
- **2022-05-23** 3RD READING CAL.1247
- **2022-05-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-23** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-06-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** SIGNED CHAP.281 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46315dc8-221a-4b36-b08a-9a1ae0cb4ba1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).