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Home/Bills/A 701New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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A 701: Repeals the requirement that applicants must pass an examination in order to qualify as a licensed master social worker.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified July 23, 2026

What A 701 does, verified July 23, 2026

The bill aims to repeal a requirement that applicants for a licensed master social worker must pass an examination. This change would allow individuals to qualify for the position without needing to pass the examination. The bill takes effect immediately after its passage.

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1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to higher education (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Al StirpeMarianne ButtenschonDonna LupardoJo Anne SimonChantel JacksonStacey Pheffer AmatoJonathan RiveraManny De Los SantosEdward GibbsAndrew HevesiYudelka TapiaMaryJane Shimsky
Recent actions2 total · showing 2
Jan. 07, 2026referred to higher education
Jan. 08, 2025referred to higher education
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 161 words
  
  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 Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 7704 of the 2 education law is REPEALED. 3 § 2.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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