---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes the \"county of Westchester public works investment act\""
description: "Establishes the \"county of Westchester public works investment act\" which allows the Westchester county department of public works and the Westchester county department of transportation to utilize design-build project delivery."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8394"
citation: "New York S 8394 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrea Stewart-Cousins"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-06-07"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58a364ea-eaf1-4ee3-b325-bc145818c486"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8394"
source_hash: "5f309c7a55150911b7019757db927ff61c42b7bcdcf9694792c639ea394863c2"
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 8394 (2025-2026) — Establishes the "county of Westchester public works investment act"

Establishes the "county of Westchester public works investment act" which allows the Westchester county department of public works and the Westchester county department of transportation to utilize design-build project delivery.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8394** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8394&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andrea Stewart-Cousins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1791
- **2025-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-10** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6428A
- **2025-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.732
- **2025-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.573 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58a364ea-eaf1-4ee3-b325-bc145818c486`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).