---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to shared pharmacy services"
description: "Establishes conditions under which resident or non-resident pharmacists and pharmacies may participate in shared pharmacy services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 9729"
citation: "New York A 9729 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John T. McDonald III"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-03"
last_action: "2024-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7732fc7b-e8f3-43e3-9862-d9042aaa5dea"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A9729"
source_hash: "152d277520b4a3bc0ae21ebc4eab1f34884fa8a14bd8dcab267c161478daf78c"
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 9729 (2023-2024) — Relates to shared pharmacy services

Establishes conditions under which resident or non-resident pharmacists and pharmacies may participate in shared pharmacy services.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9729** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9729&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John T. McDonald III — primary (person)
- Patricia Fahy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-03** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** REPORTED
- **2024-04-12** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.417
- **2024-05-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-05-14** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR S9186
- **2024-05-30** 3RD READING CAL.1334
- **2024-05-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-30** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.491 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7732fc7b-e8f3-43e3-9862-d9042aaa5dea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).