---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to designating a portion of the state highway system as the \"Dennis 'Matt' Howe Memorial Highway\""
description: "Designates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Nichols, county of Tioga, on state route seventeen between exits sixty-two and sixty-three as the \"Dennis 'Matt' Howe Memorial Highway\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4915"
citation: "New York S 4915 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AKSHAR"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2019-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/359a6790-fd1f-41e6-a650-01dd39baaf0b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4915"
source_hash: "567386a15ff1dcbdc5c41ad62734f3e98d22fa1dd2f9c634bdb7cf4f59e10aac"
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 4915 (2019-2020) — Relates to designating a portion of the state highway system as the "Dennis 'Matt' Howe Memorial Highway"

Designates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Nichols, county of Tioga, on state route seventeen between exits sixty-two and sixty-three as the "Dennis 'Matt' Howe Memorial Highway".

## Version chain

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

1. **S4915** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4915&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S4915A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S4915A)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AKSHAR — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-29** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-30** PRINT NUMBER 4915A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-14** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1384
- **2019-06-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-14** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-14** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7696A
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.290
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-08-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-09** SIGNED CHAP.158 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/359a6790-fd1f-41e6-a650-01dd39baaf0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).