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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 247: Provides for the licensing of vision impairment specialists

Passed one chamber 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

S 247 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Provides for the licensing of vision impairment specialists. Primary sponsor: Roxanne Persaud (Democratic). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 3, 2026): REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION.

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.

Provides for the licensing of vision impairment specialists.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Democratic/Working Families 2 · Republican/Conservative 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Roxanne PersaudPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate19
Patrick GallivanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate60
Joe GriffoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate53
Pam HelmingCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate54
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Jessica Scarcella-SpantonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23
Lea WebbCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52

“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 HIGHER EDUCATION
  2. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1335
  5. COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
  6. REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
  7. RETURNED TO SENATE
  8. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  9. REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
  10. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  11. PASSED SENATE
  12. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1459

Showing 12 most recent of 14 actions. Full history

Sources

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