New York A 701: Repeals the requirement that applicants must pass an examination in order to qualify as a licensed master social worker

Status: REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 701

Sponsors: Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, Marianne Buttenschon, Donna Lupardo, Jo Anne Simon, Chantel Jackson, Stacey Pheffer Amato, Jonathan Rivera, Manny De Los Santos, Eddie Gibbs, Andrew Hevesi, Yudelka Tapia, MaryJane Shimsky, Catalina Cruz, Harvey Epstein, Steven Raga, Demond Meeks, Al Taylor, Chris Burdick, Anna Kelles, Maritza Davila, Harry B. Bronson, Alex Bores, Phara Souffrant Forrest, Sarahana Shrestha, Michaelle C. Solages

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A00701 Summary:

BILL NOA00701 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00988

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SPONSORGonzalez-Rojas

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COSPNSRButtenschon, Lupardo, Simon, Jackson, Pheffer Amato, Rivera, De Los Santos, Gibbs, Hevesi, Tapia,
 Shimsky, Cruz, Epstein, Raga, Meeks, Taylor, Burdick, Kelles, Davila, Bronson, Bores, Forrest,
 Shrestha, Solages, Schiavoni, Eachus, Cunningham, Valdez, Alvarez, Clark, Chandler-Waterman,
 Burroughs, Peoples-Stokes, Lunsford, Carroll R, Rajkumar, Simone, Lee, Seawright, Stirpe, Moreno,
 Wieder

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld &sect;7704 sub 1 &para;(d), Ed L

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Repeals the requirement that applicants must pass an examination in order to qualify as a licensed master social worker.

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BILL NOA00701 

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01/08/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 701

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS, BUTTENSCHON, LUPARDO, SIMON,
 JACKSON, PHEFFER AMATO, RIVERA, DE LOS SANTOS, GIBBS, HEVESI, TAPIA,
 SHIMSKY, CRUZ, EPSTEIN, RAGA, MEEKS, TAYLOR, BURDICK, KELLES, DAVILA,
 BRONSON, BORES, FORREST -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Higher Education

 AN ACT to repeal paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 7704 of the
 education law requiring applicants to pass an examination in order to
 qualify as a licensed master social worker

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 7704 of the
 2 education law is REPEALED.
 3 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01956-01-5

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