---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates a portion of the state highway system the Chief John \"Jody\" Rossitz Memorial Bridge"
description: "Designates a portion of the state highway system in Ulster county the \"Chief John 'Jody' Rossitz Memorial Bridge\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7255"
citation: "New York S 7255 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["OBERACKER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-06-10"
last_action: "2022-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53f04e09-3319-4253-a657-4a543685772f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7255"
source_hash: "9e65b6248435cf1ded107f274e78b2f7d78ebc1ff4a9b6518623d3071b94721e"
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 7255 (2021-2022) — Designates a portion of the state highway system the Chief John "Jody" Rossitz Memorial Bridge

Designates a portion of the state highway system in Ulster county the "Chief John 'Jody' Rossitz Memorial Bridge".

## Version chain

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

1. **S7255** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7255&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S7255A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S7255A)

## Votes

- Transportation Vote — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- OBERACKER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-10** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-26** 1ST REPORT CAL.911
- **2022-04-27** AMENDED (T) 7255A
- **2022-04-27** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-05-02** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-05-16** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-16** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-16** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1393B
- **2022-05-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.72
- **2022-05-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-25** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-07-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-21** SIGNED CHAP.447 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53f04e09-3319-4253-a657-4a543685772f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).