---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to designating a portion of the state highway system as \"Specialist Gerald B. Penn Memorial Bridge\""
description: "Designates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Boston, county of Erie, as the \"Specialist Gerald B. Penn Memorial Bridge\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 6579"
citation: "New York S 6579 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick M. Gallivan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-27"
last_action: "2023-11-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1f4d55e-e96d-49e6-a067-f86f9197fe65"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6579"
source_hash: "dc17c84b757d712d560d1668cc1d7db48fab4db09d8bcfcc32e1bcb2fef5f275"
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 6579 (2023-2024) — Relates to designating a portion of the state highway system as "Specialist Gerald B. Penn Memorial Bridge"

Designates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Boston, county of Erie, as the "Specialist Gerald B. Penn Memorial Bridge".

## Version chain

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

1. **S6579** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6579&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S6579A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S6579A)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Patrick M. Gallivan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-27** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-08** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-08** PRINT NUMBER 6579A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** 1ST REPORT CAL.1175
- **2023-05-23** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-07** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-07** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6624A
- **2023-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.720
- **2023-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-11-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-11-10** SIGNED CHAP.625 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1f4d55e-e96d-49e6-a067-f86f9197fe65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).