S 6930 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to Westchester Purple Heart Recipients

This bill (S 6930) designates a specific segment of State Route 35 in Westchester County (from US Route 202 to Route 100 in Somers) as a ceremonial tribute to Westchester Purple Heart Recipients. It requires the state transportation commissioner to install and maintain signs reading "Highway Dedicated to Westchester Purple Heart Recipients" along this route. The bill explicitly states this is purely symbolic - official highway names remain unchanged, and no practical alterations to the road or traffic operations are intended. It directly honors veterans who received the Purple Heart military award while serving in Westchester County. The dedication is ceremonial only, with no impact on highway maintenance or commerce.

Issues: ✓ Veterans

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 27, 2025 Last action Jun 11, 2025

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S6930A → S6930B · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill amends the Highway Law to dedicate a portion of State Route 35 in Westchester County to Westchester Purple Heart Recipients. The revision clarifies the dedication language and adds specific requirements for signage to state 'Highway Dedicated to Westchester Purple Heart Recipients' while maintaining that the official highway name remains unchanged.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains the same, focusing on dedicating a specific highway segment in Westchester County, but the language was refined for clarity and added specific signage requirements.

REQUIREMENT

Added specific signage language requiring signs to state 'Highway Dedicated to Westchester Purple Heart Recipients'.

TECHNICAL

Refined the description of the highway segment to improve clarity by specifying 'its intersection' instead of 'the intersection' and adjusting line breaks for formatting.

Removed quotation marks around 'Westchester Purple Heart Recipients' in the act title for consistency.

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Committee

Amendments

Jun 6, 2025

Upper · Passed

AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 6930B

upper

Jun 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 6930A

upper

Mar 27, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors