---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to giving the Malta town board the discretion to change speed limits."
description: "Requires department of transportation to defer to Malta town board requests for speed limit, signage and signal changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 7503"
citation: "New York A 7503 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WOERNER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-28"
last_action: "2017-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5800fc32-897b-4d80-a81b-7156423d1a5f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A7503"
source_hash: "03d4ccba7ed1862393b67c382cc3fc3a88b6f2b6a7a4c1643cd10011beaf1408"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 7503 (2017-2018) — Relates to giving the Malta town board the discretion to change speed limits.

Requires department of transportation to defer to Malta town board requests for speed limit, signage and signal changes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A7503 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7503&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A7503 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A7503)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- WOERNER — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-04-28** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** REPORTED
- **2017-06-20** RULES REPORT CAL.604
- **2017-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.604
- **2017-06-20** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2017-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-20** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6679
- **2017-06-21** 3RD READING CAL.1834
- **2017-06-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-21** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-23** SIGNED CHAP.356 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5800fc32-897b-4d80-a81b-7156423d1a5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).