---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires public notice prior to certain transportation facility closures"
description: "Requires public notice prior to certain transportation facility closures; provides an exception for unforeseen circumstances where closure is necessary to ensure public health, safety and welfare."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 2041"
citation: "New York S 2041 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BENJAMIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2309151-c4e8-4ec4-9337-4b25dc0c705d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S2041"
source_hash: "3cd2ce7a075a3b45e3a4cd65b84f27b0986975d24ea47b34df5286336da698b5"
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 2041 (2019-2020) — Requires public notice prior to certain transportation facility closures

Requires public notice prior to certain transportation facility closures; provides an exception for unforeseen circumstances where closure is necessary to ensure public health, safety and welfare.

## Version chain

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

1. **S2041** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2041&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BENJAMIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.43
- **2019-01-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-01-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-01-28** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2688
- **2019-05-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.337
- **2019-05-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-08-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-30** SIGNED CHAP.224 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2309151-c4e8-4ec4-9337-4b25dc0c705d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).