---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to designating a portion of the state highway system as the \"Colchester Veterans Memorial Bridge\""
description: "Designates a portion of the state highway system in Delaware county as the \"Colchester Veterans Memorial Bridge\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 7897"
citation: "New York S 7897 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["METZGER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-28"
last_action: "2020-11-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b9981ea-e5ea-4238-9808-163b78aa5cfc"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S7897"
source_hash: "0b57334bf8963c715b86eb7c41ec8a359f053b99fab8b3376021f4f26e9e36fb"
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 7897 (2019-2020) — Relates to designating a portion of the state highway system as the "Colchester Veterans Memorial Bridge"

Designates a portion of the state highway system in Delaware county as the "Colchester Veterans Memorial Bridge".

## Version chain

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

1. **S7897** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7897&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S7897A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S7897A)
3. **S7897B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S7897B)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: B — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Transportation Vote - Version: B — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- METZGER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-28** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-03** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-03** PRINT NUMBER 7897A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-04** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-04** PRINT NUMBER 7897B `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-08** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.720
- **2020-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-06-09** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9936A
- **2020-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.102
- **2020-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-11-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-11-11** SIGNED CHAP.284 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b9981ea-e5ea-4238-9808-163b78aa5cfc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).