---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes the \"Gateway Development Commission Act\""
description: "Establishes the \"Gateway Development Commission Act\" which enables such commission to facilitate a passenger rail project between Penn Station, Newark, New Jersey and Penn Station, New York, New York."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 8126"
citation: "New York A 8126 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PAULIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-06-03"
last_action: "2019-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fcc80bd-55f3-43df-beb7-87a37335f1dd"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A8126"
source_hash: "b34f82fa304504e2203c188785f8ccc047a3d459325102cbdd51acc3c5a5892f"
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 8126 (2019-2020) — Establishes the "Gateway Development Commission Act"

Establishes the "Gateway Development Commission Act" which enables such commission to facilitate a passenger rail project between Penn Station, Newark, New Jersey and Penn Station, New York, New York.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8126** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8126&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A8126A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A8126A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **133–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- PAULIN — primary (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-03** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-16** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-16** PRINT NUMBER 8126A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** REPORTED
- **2019-06-18** RULES REPORT CAL.560
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.560
- **2019-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-19** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-19** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6372A
- **2019-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1669
- **2019-06-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-07-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-22** SIGNED CHAP.108 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7fcc80bd-55f3-43df-beb7-87a37335f1dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).