---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes dental hygienists to provide such services in collaboration with a licensed dentist"
description: "Authorizes a licensed dental hygienist, collaborative practice to provide services without supervision in collaboration with a licensed dentist under a collaborative practice agreement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 3157"
citation: "New York S 3157 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rachel May"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bab6f7fe-c72a-4cb3-ba9b-9d8a0af15417"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3157"
source_hash: "12c20b88ed759e75c9e340c29fde009b905555db46c7db2f2c62bdac1be92f99"
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 3157 (2025-2026) — Authorizes dental hygienists to provide such services in collaboration with a licensed dentist

Authorizes a licensed dental hygienist, collaborative practice to provide services without supervision in collaboration with a licensed dentist under a collaborative practice agreement.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3157** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3157&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **58–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rachel May — primary (person)
- Julia Salazar — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Fahy — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1478
- **2025-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-05** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2341
- **2025-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.886
- **2025-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.682 `executive-signature`
- **2025-12-19** APPROVAL MEMO.62

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bab6f7fe-c72a-4cb3-ba9b-9d8a0af15417`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).