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NY S 621

in committee

Relates to the use of topical pharmaceutical agents

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 621 pass?

Not yet. NY S 621 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

What is NY S 621 about?

Amends the definitions of diagnostic pharmaceuticals, topical therapeutic pharmaceutical agents, and therapeutic pharmaceutical agents for treatment of glaucoma and ocular hypertension as they relate to the certification to use therapeutic drugs in the practice of optometry.

Who sponsors NY S 621?

John Liu is the primary sponsor of NY S 621, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Description

Amends the definitions of diagnostic pharmaceuticals, topical therapeutic pharmaceutical agents, and therapeutic pharmaceutical agents for treatment of glaucoma and ocular hypertension as they relate to the certification to use therapeutic drugs in the practice of optometry.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • John Liuprimary
  • Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.cosponsor
  • Peter Oberackercosponsor
  • Robert Rolisoncosponsor
  • Jessica Scarcella-Spantoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 9726not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 2202

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S621?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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