---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates a portion of the state highway system as the \"Chief Samuel A. Johnson, Sr. Memorial Bridge\""
description: "Designates a portion of the state highway system in Jefferson County as the \"Chief Samuel A. Johnson, Sr. Memorial Bridge\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7497"
citation: "New York S 7497 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RITCHIE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-11-01"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76849e98-eb35-4c81-8136-1aa754aa6007"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7497"
source_hash: "3ff8e1e169ad15e3991922e95e7c3746d14b5cc3ecb98352cb7f5e2ab846ee37"
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 7497 (2021-2022) — Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Chief Samuel A. Johnson, Sr. Memorial Bridge"

Designates a portion of the state highway system in Jefferson County as the "Chief Samuel A. Johnson, Sr. Memorial Bridge".

## Version chain

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

1. **S7497** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7497&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Transportation Vote — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- RITCHIE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-01** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-26** 1ST REPORT CAL.913
- **2022-04-27** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-05-02** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-05-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-04** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-04** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8523
- **2022-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.699
- **2022-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-06-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** SIGNED CHAP.323 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76849e98-eb35-4c81-8136-1aa754aa6007`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).