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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 6615: Enacts the optometry freedom act

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 6615 is a bill introduced in the New York House on March 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the optometry freedom act. Primary sponsor: Alex Bores (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO INSURANCE.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Enacts the optometry freedom act which prohibits a carrier or vision plan restricting an optometrist's choice of supply.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6 · Democratic/Working Families 2 · Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Alex BoresPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse73
Marianne ButtenschonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse119
Emily GallagherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse50
Deborah GlickCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Jessica González-RojasCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse34
John LemondesCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse126
Nader SayeghCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Robert SmullenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse118
Al StirpeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse127
David WeprinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse24

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO INSURANCE
  2. REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
  3. REFERRED TO INSURANCE

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source