New York S 7835: Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to the Appalachian Trail

Status: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 7835

Sponsors: James Skoufis

Bill Text

Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Skip to main content 

 New York State Assembly

 Speaker Carl E. Heastie

 --> 
 --> 

 --> 

• 
 Assembly Members 

• 
 Legislative Info 

• 
 Public Hearings 

• 
 Speaker's Press 

• 
 Assembly Reports 

• 
 Committees & More 

• Bill Search Home
• Laws
• Legislative Calendar
• Public Hearing Schedule
• Assembly Calendars
• Assembly Committee Agenda 

 Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. 

 Bill No.: 

• Summary 
• Actions 
• Committee&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
S07835 Summary:

BILL NOS07835A

&nbsp

SAME ASSAME AS A08247-C

&nbsp

SPONSORSKOUFIS

&nbsp

COSPNSR

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Add §344-r, Hway L

&nbsp

Dedicates a portion of state highway 284 in the village of Unionville, county of Orange, to the Appalachian Trail.

Go to top S07835 Actions:

BILL NOS07835A

&nbsp

05/09/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

05/20/20251ST REPORT CAL.1243

05/21/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/22/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/04/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 7835A

06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

06/11/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/11/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

06/03/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/03/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1630

06/03/2026PASSED SENATE

06/03/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/04/2026referred to transportation

Go to topS07835 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topS07835 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topS07835 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7835--A
 Cal. No. 1243

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- reported
 favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report,
 ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
 its place in the order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to dedicating a portion of
 the state highway system in the village of Unionville, county of
 Orange, to the Appalachian Trail

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The highway law is amended by adding a new section 344-r to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 344-r. Portion of the state highway system to be dedicated to the
 4 Appalachian Trail. All that portion of the state highway system consti-
 5 tuting state route 284 in the village of Unionville, county of Orange,
 6 shall be dedicated to the Appalachian Trail.
 7 § 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal-
 8 lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system
 9 as dedicated pursuant to section one of this act, provided that such
 10 signing shall state "Highway Dedicated to The Appalachian Trail". Howev-
 11 er, to avoid confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce,
 12 the dedication called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be
 13 one of ceremonial nature and the official name of such highway shall not
 14 be changed as a result of this act.
 15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11828-07-5

Go to top 

• 

 Sitemap 

 Request Information 

 Directions and Maps

View New York S 7835 on LegisTrack → — full text, sponsors, votes, campaign finance, and cross-state matches.