---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates a portion of the state highway system as the Port Authority Police Officer James W. Kennelly Memorial Highway"
description: "Designates a portion of the state highway system as the \"Port Authority Police Officer James W. Kennelly Memorial Highway\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 8273"
citation: "New York S 8273 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BROOKS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-08"
last_action: "2022-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a683c7fd-7720-4e52-ac0e-738559690558"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S8273"
source_hash: "19372c744bbec07eebdf876b96769af1b7cfd705a609740286ad48bb87f96b44"
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 8273 (2021-2022) — Designates a portion of the state highway system as the Port Authority Police Officer James W. Kennelly Memorial Highway

Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Port Authority Police Officer James W. Kennelly Memorial Highway".

## Version chain

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

1. **S8273** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8273&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper
- Transportation Vote — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BROOKS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-08** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-03** 1ST REPORT CAL.1062
- **2022-05-04** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-05-05** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-05-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-11** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7057B
- **2022-05-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.306
- **2022-05-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-09-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-09-09** SIGNED CHAP.560 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a683c7fd-7720-4e52-ac0e-738559690558`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).