---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to physical therapist assistants"
description: "Provides that supervision by a licensed physical therapist of a physical therapist assistant shall be continuous but shall not require the physical presence of the licensed physical therapist at the time and place where services are being performed; requires a licensed physical therapist to be available for consultation with the physical therapist assistant or the patient within a reasonable amount of time."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 4892"
citation: "New York S 4892 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Toby Ann Stavisky"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-14"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e5a7075-53c0-43b2-954c-1e419a283a21"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S4892"
source_hash: "b7ce7d0c8f854b492848f87c5786dcbdee3087deb6037b5b0a497156fcf7754d"
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 4892 (2025-2026) — Relates to physical therapist assistants

Provides that supervision by a licensed physical therapist of a physical therapist assistant shall be continuous but shall not require the physical presence of the licensed physical therapist at the time and place where services are being performed; requires a licensed physical therapist to be available for consultation with the physical therapist assistant or the patient within a reasonable amount of time.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4892** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4892&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S4892A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4892A)
3. **S4892B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4892B)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Higher Education Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **59–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Toby Ann Stavisky — primary (person)
- Joseph A. Griffo — cosponsor (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
- Nathalia Fernandez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-14** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** 1ST REPORT CAL.458
- **2025-03-05** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-03-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-03-19** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4892A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-20** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4892B `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-04-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-04-28** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7832
- **2025-05-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.132
- **2025-06-12** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-12** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.549 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e5a7075-53c0-43b2-954c-1e419a283a21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).