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A 6643: Relates to dedicating a portion of the state highway system to Specialist Jason Johnston.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified July 2, 2025

What A 6643 does, verified July 2, 2025

The bill dedicates a portion of the state highway system to specialist Jason Johnston. The dedicated highway is located on state route thirty-one-a, from its intersection with Powerline Road to its intersection with state route ninety-eight in the town of Albion, County of Orleans. Adequate signage will be provided to indicate the dedication, with the text stating "highway dedicated to specialist Jason Johnston". The dedication is ceremonial in nature, and the official name of the highway will not be changed. The bill takes effect immediately.

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Last action: substituted by s5446c (2025-06-13)Alert me
Quick answers about A 6643
What is the current status of A 6643?
As of July 2, 2025, A 6643 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on June 13, 2025, was "substituted by s5446c".
Did A 6643 pass?
Not yet. A 6643 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
Who wrote A 6643, and where is it now?
A 6643 was authored by Asm. Stephen Hawley.
Recent actions13 total · showing 5
Jun. 13, 2025substituted by s5446c
Jun. 12, 2025ordered to third reading rules cal.658
Jun. 12, 2025rules report cal.658
Jun. 12, 2025reported
Jun. 10, 2025reported referred to rules
Full action history, 8 earlier actionsConnect Plus
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 6, 2025 · 269 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6643 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 6, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of the state highway system as the "Specialist Jason Johnston Memorial Highway" 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 designated as the 4 "Specialist Jason Johnston Memorial Highway". All that portion of the 5 state highway system constituting route thirty-one-A between Powerline 6 Road and route ninety-eight in the county of Orleans, shall be desig- 7 nated and known as the "Specialist Jason Johnston Memorial Highway". 8 § 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal- 9 lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system 10 as designated pursuant to section one of this act. However, to avoid 11 confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the desig- 12 nation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be one of 13 ceremonial nature and the official name of such highway shall not be 14 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. LBD09880-02-5 
Text of A 6643 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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