---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to requiring nonpublic schools to follow the same rules and regulations as public schools regarding a pupil who suffers a concussion"
description: "Relates to requiring nonpublic schools to follow the same rules and regulations as public schools regarding a pupil who suffers a concussion, regarding training to recognize the symptoms of a concussion, information to be provided to the parent or guardian of such pupil and the amount of time such pupil shall wait before resuming an athletic activity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 973"
citation: "New York S 973 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GAUGHRAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2022-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bea745f-1e09-4165-8aea-fd32b9aa0f39"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S973"
source_hash: "655fde67274e082d5130521d3610b2dcd56a1acc991bfe074f43ec08c10a8f96"
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 973 (2021-2022) — Relates to requiring nonpublic schools to follow the same rules and regulations as public schools regarding a pupil who suffers a concussion

Relates to requiring nonpublic schools to follow the same rules and regulations as public schools regarding a pupil who suffers a concussion, regarding training to recognize the symptoms of a concussion, information to be provided to the parent or guardian of such pupil and the amount of time such pupil shall wait before resuming an athletic activity.

## Version chain

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

1. **S973** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S973&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower
- Education Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GAUGHRAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** 1ST REPORT CAL.501
- **2022-02-16** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-02-17** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-04-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-04-06** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-04-06** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8425
- **2022-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.546
- **2022-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-01** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-11-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.617 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bea745f-1e09-4165-8aea-fd32b9aa0f39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).