---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates the \"Bear Mountain bridge\" as the \"Purple Heart Veterans Memorial Bridge\""
description: "Designates the \"Bear Mountain bridge\" as the \"Purple Heart Veterans Memorial Bridge\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 8246"
citation: "New York S 8246 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LARKIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-04-23"
last_action: "2018-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35b87979-6d8a-4b3a-a2fb-f61473d2e165"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S8246"
source_hash: "8b69d80105ecb431204abcd35a356982f41f6822c6e4e44c139d35a13990d965"
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 S 8246 (2017-2018) — Designates the "Bear Mountain bridge" as the "Purple Heart Veterans Memorial Bridge"

Designates the "Bear Mountain bridge" as the "Purple Heart Veterans Memorial Bridge".

## Version chain

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

1. **S8246 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8246&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S8246 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S8246)

## Votes

- Transportation Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **132–3** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LARKIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-23** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-01** 1ST REPORT CAL.958
- **2018-05-02** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2018-05-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2018-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-04** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-06-04** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8766A
- **2018-06-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.748
- **2018-06-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-06-14** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2018-09-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-10-02** SIGNED CHAP.319 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35b87979-6d8a-4b3a-a2fb-f61473d2e165`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).