---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates a portion of the state highway system as the \"Trooper John J. Lane Memorial Bridge\""
description: "Designates a portion of the state highway system as the \"Trooper John J. Lane Memorial Bridge\" located in the town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 8688"
citation: "New York S 8688 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["THOMAS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-03-30"
last_action: "2022-11-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5419ccc-8609-40f6-8118-e802c57cb18e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S8688"
source_hash: "26f53d214b28b1cc52e4a2b1d95a3dd19e38e80022bc01350a9c8f45c8ab9fd0"
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 8688 (2021-2022) — Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Trooper John J. Lane Memorial Bridge"

Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Trooper John J. Lane Memorial Bridge" located in the town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8688** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8688&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S8688A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S8688A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–1** (pass) · upper
- Transportation Vote - Version: A — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- THOMAS — primary (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-30** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-25** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-25** PRINT NUMBER 8688A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-03** 1ST REPORT CAL.1069
- **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 TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9653A
- **2022-05-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.480
- **2022-05-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-31** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-11-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-11-10** SIGNED CHAP.597 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5419ccc-8609-40f6-8118-e802c57cb18e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).