---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates a portion of the state highway system as the \"Sergeant Elijah A. Briggs Memorial Highway\""
description: "Designates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Fishkill, Dutchess county as the \"Sergeant Elijah A. Briggs Memorial Highway\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 5261"
citation: "New York A 5261 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anil Beephan Jr."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-11-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a77ab392-94e0-4732-a326-90d501cf6585"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A5261"
source_hash: "1da6174aa893e2fae120fbf24a3fdb379d41062b4e57a5357cea56b58e197307"
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 5261 (2023-2024) — Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Sergeant Elijah A. Briggs Memorial Highway"

Designates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Fishkill, Dutchess county as the "Sergeant Elijah A. Briggs Memorial Highway".

## Version chain

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

1. **A5261** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5261&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A5261A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A5261A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anil Beephan Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-15** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-15** PRINT NUMBER 5261A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-24** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** REPORTED
- **2023-06-07** RULES REPORT CAL.627
- **2023-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.627
- **2023-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-07** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4900A
- **2023-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1488
- **2023-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-11-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-11-10** SIGNED CHAP.614 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a77ab392-94e0-4732-a326-90d501cf6585`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).