---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes cities, villages and towns to reduce the speed limit to twenty-five miles per hour"
description: "Authorizes cities, villages and towns to reduce the speed limit to twenty-five miles per hour."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 1007"
citation: "New York A 1007 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PAULIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-07"
last_action: "2022-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5dd6151-59c4-4e60-9308-18562a0f1fb9"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A1007"
source_hash: "551b99e8375ac861bcca0b6f7ced702cdbe5d1601374304935692e10ca4d2a3c"
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 1007 (2021-2022) — Authorizes cities, villages and towns to reduce the speed limit to twenty-five miles per hour

Authorizes cities, villages and towns to reduce the speed limit to twenty-five miles per hour.

## Version chain

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

1. **A1007** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1007&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A1007A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A1007A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–4** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- PAULIN — primary (person)
- BURDICK — cosponsor (person)
- BUTTENSCHON — cosponsor (person)
- BYRNES — cosponsor (person)
- CRUZ — cosponsor (person)
- DE LOS SANTOS — cosponsor (person)
- DINOWITZ — cosponsor (person)
- DURSO — cosponsor (person)
- EPSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
- FORREST — cosponsor (person)
- FRONTUS — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GLICK — cosponsor (person)
- GONZALEZ-ROJAS — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED — cosponsor (person)
- HEVESI — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- KELLES — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONOUGH — cosponsor (person)
- MCMAHON — cosponsor (person)
- MORINELLO — cosponsor (person)
- NIOU — cosponsor (person)
- NORRIS — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- RA — cosponsor (person)
- SALKA — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- SMULLEN — cosponsor (person)
- STECK — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
- WALCZYK — cosponsor (person)
- WOERNER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-07** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** PRINT NUMBER 1007A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-10** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-31** REPORTED
- **2022-05-31** RULES REPORT CAL.438
- **2022-05-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.438
- **2022-05-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-31** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-31** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2021A
- **2022-06-01** 3RD READING CAL.1785
- **2022-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-01** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-08-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-08-12** SIGNED CHAP.496 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5dd6151-59c4-4e60-9308-18562a0f1fb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).