---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates a portion of the state highway system in the county of Rensselaer as the Rensselaer County Purple Heart Highway"
description: "Designates a portion of the state highway system in the county of Rensselaer as the \"Rensselaer County Purple Heart Highway\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 7923"
citation: "New York A 7923 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ASHBY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-28"
last_action: "2022-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18addaa3-9c76-43d7-a1b3-7f872f5c7041"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7923"
source_hash: "ab703f17afa208b7781bbf7d1477b4895d1f3edba1e446f7304b8182c965f4b1"
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 7923 (2021-2022) — Designates a portion of the state highway system in the county of Rensselaer as the Rensselaer County Purple Heart Highway

Designates a portion of the state highway system in the county of Rensselaer as the "Rensselaer County Purple Heart Highway".

## Version chain

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

1. **A7923** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7923&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A7923A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A7923A)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- ASHBY — primary (person)
- MCDONALD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-28** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** PRINT NUMBER 7923A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-10** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-23** REPORTED
- **2022-05-23** RULES REPORT CAL.315
- **2022-05-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.315
- **2022-05-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-23** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-23** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6562A
- **2022-05-25** 3RD READING CAL.1359
- **2022-05-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-25** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-08-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-08-12** SIGNED CHAP.498 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18addaa3-9c76-43d7-a1b3-7f872f5c7041`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).