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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 8309: Requires certain public authorities to develop a feasibility study to promote bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 8309 is a bill introduced in the New York House on May 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires certain public authorities to develop a feasibility study to promote bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges. Primary sponsor: Karen McMahon (Democratic). It lists 17 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 11, 2026): REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Requires the New York state bridge authority, the Thousand Islands bridge authority, the Nassau county bridge authority, the Ogdensburg bridge authority, and the New York state thruway authority to develop a feasibility study to promote bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges and provide a report to the governor, temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, and the public a copy of such plan.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 9 · Democratic/Working Families 6 · Republican 2 · Republican/Conservative 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Karen McMahonPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse146
Alex BoresCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse73
Joe DeStefanoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse3
Jonathan JacobsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse104
Anna KellesCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse125
Grace LeeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Nikki LucasCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse60
Jen LunsfordCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse135
Steve OtisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Angelo SantabarbaraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse111
Rebecca SeawrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Amanda SeptimoCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse84
MaryJane ShimskyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse92
Sarahana ShresthaCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse103
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Robert SmullenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse118
Yudelka TapiaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse86
Mary Beth WalshCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse112

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS
  2. DELIVERED TO SENATE
  3. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  4. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.463
  5. REPORTED
  6. PRINT NUMBER 8309A
  7. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS
  8. REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS
  9. REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source