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type: "Bill"
title: "Enacts the Alexander John Smullen Traffic Safety Memorial Law"
description: "Authorizes the department of transportation to establish and implement a state memorial sign program to memorialize persons who died due to injuries sustained in a fatal motor vehicle crash on state highways."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 3938"
citation: "New York A 3938 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Smullen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-12-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94922a7f-e013-4871-8d5a-60b38b274e02"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A3938"
source_hash: "e55c746963bf217ee3501ed1353ac0553faa1a8079073d88d839e503b4672886"
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 3938 (2025-2026) — Enacts the Alexander John Smullen Traffic Safety Memorial Law
Authorizes the department of transportation to establish and implement a state memorial sign program to memorialize persons who died due to injuries sustained in a fatal motor vehicle crash on state highways.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **A3938** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3938&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A3938A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A3938A)
3. **A3938B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A3938B)
## Votes
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Robert Smullen — primary (person)
- Alec Brook-Krasny — cosponsor (person)
- Alicia Hyndman — cosponsor (person)
- Amy Paulin — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Molitor — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo J. Morinello — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Anil Beephan Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Kelles — cosponsor (person)
- Billy Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Brian D. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Maher — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Manktelow — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie Woerner — cosponsor (person)
- Catalina Cruz — cosponsor (person)
- Chantel Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Tague — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Friend — cosponsor (person)
- Crystal Peoples-Stokes — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Norber — cosponsor (person)
- David DiPietro — cosponsor (person)
- David McDonough — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Lupardo — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Ra — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Gabriella Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Harry B. Bronson — cosponsor (person)
- Jaime R. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Jake Ryan Blumencranz — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Gallahan — cosponsor (person)
- Jerett Gandolfo — cosponsor (person)
- Jodi Giglio — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Angelino — cosponsor (person)
- Joe DeStefano — cosponsor (person)
- John K. Mikulin — cosponsor (person)
- John Lemondes — cosponsor (person)
- John T. McDonald III — cosponsor (person)
- John Zaccaro Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Sempolinski — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Jensen — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Griffin — cosponsor (person)
- Kalman Yeger — cosponsor (person)
- Karl Brabenec — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth Blankenbush — cosponsor (person)
- Larinda Hooks — cosponsor (person)
- Lester Chang — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne Buttenschon — cosponsor (person)
- Maritza Davila — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Beth Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Simpson — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Slater — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Durso — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Fitzpatrick — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Novakhov — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Chludzinski — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick J. Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Bologna — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Kay — cosponsor (person)
- Phara Souffrant Forrest — cosponsor (person)
- Philip Palmesano — cosponsor (person)
- Philip Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Kassay — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Berger — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Pirozzolo — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Scott H. Bendett — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Hawley — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Simone — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian Cook — cosponsor (person)
- William A. Barclay — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)
- William Conrad — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-30** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** PRINT NUMBER 3938A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-16** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-16** PRINT NUMBER 3938B `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-04** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** REPORTED
- **2025-06-11** RULES REPORT CAL.609
- **2025-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.609
- **2025-06-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-11** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5568B
- **2025-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.1816
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-12-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-12** SIGNED CHAP.624 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94922a7f-e013-4871-8d5a-60b38b274e02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).