---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to designating a portion of the state highway system as the \"PFC David P. Coveny Memorial Highway\""
description: "Designates a portion of the state highway system in Wyoming county as the \"PFC David P. Coveny Memorial Highway\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 8954"
citation: "New York S 8954 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GALLIVAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-06-07"
last_action: "2018-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c98e1a1-8763-4efe-a551-6fa745844114"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S8954"
source_hash: "49d64dd93089be52cd830122f4a1935d136c47be138179518efe9aa1cc7963e4"
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 8954 (2017-2018) — Relates to designating a portion of the state highway system as the "PFC David P. Coveny Memorial Highway"

Designates a portion of the state highway system in Wyoming county as the "PFC David P. Coveny Memorial Highway".

## Version chain

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

1. **S8954 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8954&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S8954 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S8954)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GALLIVAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1697
- **2018-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-06-11** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10787A
- **2018-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.376
- **2018-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2018-09-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-10-01** SIGNED CHAP.286 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c98e1a1-8763-4efe-a551-6fa745844114`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).