---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires department of transportation to defer to the town board of the town of Riverhead, requests for speed limit changes on town highways"
description: "Requires department of transportation to defer to the town board of the town of Riverhead, requests for speed limit changes on town highways."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 5806"
citation: "New York A 5806 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PALUMBO"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2019-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/470d163a-289e-459f-bebe-c8ebed2c304f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A5806"
source_hash: "9b629fcca9560abc555f261c47921fd7f811c7531744f839b20e382cfde83946"
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 5806 (2019-2020) — Requires department of transportation to defer to the town board of the town of Riverhead, requests for speed limit changes on town highways

Requires department of transportation to defer to the town board of the town of Riverhead, requests for speed limit changes on town highways.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5806** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5806&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **139–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PALUMBO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** REPORTED
- **2019-06-11** RULES REPORT CAL.138
- **2019-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.138
- **2019-06-13** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2019-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-13** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-13** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3329
- **2019-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1680
- **2019-06-19** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2019-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-10-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-11** SIGNED CHAP.364 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/470d163a-289e-459f-bebe-c8ebed2c304f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).