---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to requirements for certain clinical laboratory practitioners"
description: "Relates to requirements for certain clinical laboratory practitioners; includes certain acceptable types of education for clinical laboratory technologists, cytotechnologists, clinical laboratory technicians, histotechnologists and histotechnicians; outlines requirements for certification as a histotechnician."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7020"
citation: "New York S 7020 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RIVERA"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-24"
last_action: "2022-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cea3b9c2-4a9b-4256-9e47-8e59900c3aaf"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7020"
source_hash: "023f36c4eea0bb9ec0e4f48c114ca4d529addbe3cae79e4d11b365c1281fa21c"
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 7020 (2021-2022) — Relates to requirements for certain clinical laboratory practitioners

Relates to requirements for certain clinical laboratory practitioners; includes certain acceptable types of education for clinical laboratory technologists, cytotechnologists, clinical laboratory technicians, histotechnologists and histotechnicians; outlines requirements for certification as a histotechnician.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7020&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S7020A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S7020A)
3. **S7020B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S7020B)

## Votes

- Higher Education Vote - Version: A — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- RIVERA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-24** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-26** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-26** PRINT NUMBER 7020A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-10** 1ST REPORT CAL.1243
- **2022-05-11** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-05-16** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-05-23** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 7020B `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-31** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-31** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10162A
- **2022-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.637
- **2022-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-07-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-21** SIGNED CHAP.446 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cea3b9c2-4a9b-4256-9e47-8e59900c3aaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).