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type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to enacting the SIGH act to prohibit the construction of new schools near a major roadway, with exceptions"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 4550"
citation: "New York S 4550 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rachel May"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2024-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dfe2742-8ec9-4739-8094-301e0639dc38"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S4550"
source_hash: "4c029082d8c6b24633d53cd1c4937640bf15f11b05dc812dd385c1f87d21683b"
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 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](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4550&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S4550A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S4550A)
3. **S4550B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S4550B)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8dfe2742-8ec9-4739-8094-301e0639dc38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).