---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to Westchester Purple Heart Recipients"
description: "Dedicates a portion of the state and local highway system constituting route thirty-five to Westchester Purple Heart Recipients."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 8237"
citation: "New York A 8237 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Slater"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-05"
last_action: "2025-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cd85e24-8832-43fe-866e-e03f8f5ed146"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8237"
source_hash: "59021cd2631d427e863d575a4934dfd6e5b36bb3e41f378860339d3c4d3b539c"
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 8237 (2025-2026) — Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to Westchester Purple Heart Recipients

Dedicates a portion of the state and local highway system constituting route thirty-five to Westchester Purple Heart Recipients.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8237** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8237&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A8237A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A8237A)
3. **A8237B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A8237B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **58–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matthew Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-05** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-28** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-28** PRINT NUMBER 8237A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-02** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-02** PRINT NUMBER 8237B `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-08** REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** REPORTED
- **2025-06-11** RULES REPORT CAL.636
- **2025-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.636
- **2025-06-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-11** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6930B
- **2025-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.1235
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-09-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-09-10** SIGNED CHAP.383 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0cd85e24-8832-43fe-866e-e03f8f5ed146`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).