republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2023-2024/s-4550.md

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Bill	Relates to enacting the SIGH act to prohibit the construction of new schools near a major roadway, with exceptions	Enacts the "schools impacted by gross highways (SIGH) act"; prohibits the commissioner of education from approving the plans for the erection of any new schoolhouse within five hundred feet of a controlled-access highway unless the commissioner of education determines that space limitations are so severe that there is no other site to erect such new schoolhouse, and there are adequate engineering controls to address air quality; makes related provisions.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2023-2024	S 4550	New York S 4550 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Rachel May	3	26	5	2023-02-10	2024-12-21	openstates	ocd-bill/8dfe2742-8ec9-4739-8094-301e0639dc38	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S4550	4c029082d8c6b24633d53cd1c4937640bf15f11b05dc812dd385c1f87d21683b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York S 4550 (2023-2024) — Relates to enacting the SIGH act to prohibit the construction of new schools near a major roadway, with exceptions

Enacts the "schools impacted by gross highways (SIGH) act"; prohibits the commissioner of education from approving the plans for the erection of any new schoolhouse within five hundred feet of a controlled-access highway unless the commissioner of education determines that space limitations are so severe that there is no other site to erect such new schoolhouse, and there are adequate engineering controls to address air quality; makes related provisions.

Version chain

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

1. S4550 (committee substitute) — source
2. S4550A (committee substitute) — source
3. S4550B (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Rules Vote - Version: B — 13–7 (pass) · upper
• Rules Vote — 16–5 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 107–40 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote — 45–17 (pass) · upper
• Floor Vote - Version: B — 45–15 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Rachel May — primary (person)
• Brad Hoylman-Sigal — cosponsor (person)
• George Borrello — cosponsor (person)
• Gustavo Rivera — cosponsor (person)
• Jabari Brisport — cosponsor (person)
• John Mannion — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• Zellnor Myrie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-10 REFERRED TO EDUCATION referral-committee
• 2023-06-01 COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2023-06-01 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1480
• 2023-06-06 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2023-06-06 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2023-06-06 REFERRED TO EDUCATION referral-committee
• 2023-06-09 SUBSTITUTED FOR A3287
• 2023-06-09 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.787
• 2024-01-03 DIED IN ASSEMBLY
• 2024-01-03 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2024-01-03 REFERRED TO EDUCATION referral-committee
• 2024-04-08 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-04-08 PRINT NUMBER 4550A amendment-passage
• 2024-05-20 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-05-20 PRINT NUMBER 4550B amendment-passage
• 2024-06-03 COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2024-06-03 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1637
• 2024-06-03 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2024-06-03 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2024-06-03 REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS referral-committee
• 2024-06-03 SUBSTITUTED FOR A8998B
• 2024-06-03 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.338
• 2024-06-06 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2024-06-06 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2024-12-12 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2024-12-21 SIGNED CHAP.650 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8dfe2742-8ec9-4739-8094-301e0639dc38. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).