---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends provisions of law relating to applied behavioral analysis"
description: "Extends provisions of law relating to applied behavioral analysis."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 8479"
citation: "New York A 8479 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nikki Lucas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-16"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66b4c9df-a699-4e4e-a3f6-024399e4b6cd"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8479"
source_hash: "b66f0746b5706d6220778a1eed2531385395a5a7f24b5e5423919bb127178cd9"
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 8479 (2025-2026) — Extends provisions of law relating to applied behavioral analysis

Extends provisions of law relating to applied behavioral analysis.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8479** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8479&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nikki Lucas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-16** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** REPORTED
- **2025-05-21** RULES REPORT CAL.254
- **2025-05-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.254
- **2025-05-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-21** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8362
- **2025-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.1668
- **2025-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** SIGNED CHAP.168 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66b4c9df-a699-4e4e-a3f6-024399e4b6cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).