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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 5625: Relates to requiring additional licensed pharmacists to be on staff during any period in which more than two hundred prescriptions are dispensed

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

S 5625 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 26, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to requiring additional licensed pharmacists to be on staff during any period in which more than two hundred prescriptions are dispensed. Primary sponsor: John Liu (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (January 7, 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.

Requires at least two licensed pharmacists to be on staff in a pharmacy during any period in which more than two hundred prescriptions are dispensed.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
John LiuPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16

“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. REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

Sources

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