---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates portion of the state highway system as \"Firefighter/EMT Michael J. Field Memorial Bridge\""
description: "Designates a portion of the state highway system as the \"Firefighter/EMT Michael J. Field Memorial Bridge\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8637"
citation: "New York S 8637 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAMINSKY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-06-26"
last_action: "2020-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4a0ba4a-9612-496e-b622-0ca2bf7d4aca"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8637"
source_hash: "c17b5994d9a8a2c0713a45b1b0bc7638b391d94574c4602abd1493e21541720d"
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 8637 (2019-2020) — Designates portion of the state highway system as "Firefighter/EMT Michael J. Field Memorial Bridge"

Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Firefighter/EMT Michael J. Field Memorial Bridge".

## Version chain

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

1. **S8637** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8637&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S8637A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S8637A)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Transportation Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KAMINSKY — primary (person)
- BROOKS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-26** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-13** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-20** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-20** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-20** PRINT NUMBER 8637A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.935
- **2020-07-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-07-22** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10703A
- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.338
- **2020-07-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-10-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-03** SIGNED CHAP.199 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4a0ba4a-9612-496e-b622-0ca2bf7d4aca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).