S 8495 — Allows pharmacists to administer certain vaccines pursuant to a statewide order; and relates to the authority of the commissioner of health
Congress · introduced 2025-09-03
Provides that licensed pharmacists may administer certain vaccines where a non-patient specific order exists or immunizations are authorized by the commissioner of health and are recommended for use by the New York state immunization advisory council or are identified by the department of health as necessary to address public health emergencies, outbreaks, or chronic disease prevention.
Latest action: 2026-01-07 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO RULES
- · senate — REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Text versions
Connected on the graph
Inbound (2)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-03 | John Liu | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-09-03 | Samra Brouk | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Liu (—, state_upper NY-16) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Samra Brouk (—, state_upper NY-55) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2025-09-03 · sponsored by John Liu (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-09-03 · cosponsored by Samra Brouk (cosponsor) · sponsorship