New YorkA 39382025-2026 Regular SessionHouse

Enacts the Alexander John Smullen Traffic Safety Memorial Law

Sponsored By: Robert Smullen (Republican)

Became Law

TRANSPORTATIONWAYS AND MEANSRULES

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

Program starts in one year, info online

The law takes effect one year after it becomes law. The transportation department can adopt and finish needed rules before that date. The department posts program information and highway safety tips on its public website.

Families can apply for roadside memorial signs

The law creates a state program for roadside memorial signs on state‑maintained highways. An immediate family member must apply within five years of the fatal crash and pay a fee set by the transportation commissioner. The crash must be on a state highway and reportable to the federal Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Any immediate family member can object; if anyone objects, the sign is not placed or is removed. No sign is allowed if the person who died was driving while intoxicated or impaired and, because of that, caused serious injury or death to another person.

Rules for memorial sign placement and use

The transportation commissioner decides where signs go based on the crash location, road design, other signs, right of way, and safety. Signs must follow the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and other laws, and cannot be placed in front of a home or business. Only one sign may be at a location; if several families apply, the department can use a design that lists multiple names. Memorial signs are removed two years after first placement. If a sign is damaged, a family member can apply and pay to replace it for the rest of the two years; if the department caused the damage through negligence, it replaces the sign for free. On‑site dedication ceremonies and decorations at the sign are not allowed.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

Robert Smullen
Republican • House

Cosponsors

Alec Brook-Krasny
Republican • House
Alicia Hyndman
Democratic • House
Amy Paulin
Democratic • House
Andrea Bailey
Republican • House
Andrew Hevesi
Democratic • House
Andrew Molitor
Republican • House
Angelo J. Morinello
Republican • House
Angelo Santabarbara
Democratic • House
Anil Beephan Jr.
Republican • House
Anna Kelles
Democratic • House
Billy Jones
Democratic • House
Brian Cunningham
Democratic • House
Brian D. Miller
Republican • House
Brian Maher
Republican • House
Brian Manktelow
Republican • House
Carrie Woerner
Democratic • House
Catalina Cruz
Democratic • House
Chantel Jackson
Democratic • House
Chris Tague
Republican • House
Christopher Friend
Republican • House
Crystal Peoples-Stokes
Democratic • House
Dana Levenberg
Democratic • House
Daniel Norber
Republican • House
David DiPietro
Republican • House
David McDonough
Republican • House
Donna Lupardo
Democratic • House
Doug Smith
Republican • House
Edward Ra
Republican • House
Eric Brown
Republican • House
Gabriella Romero
Democratic • House
Harry B. Bronson
Democratic • House
Jaime R. Williams
Democratic • House
Jake Ryan Blumencranz
Republican • House
Jeff Gallahan
Republican • House
Jerett Gandolfo
Republican • House
Jodi Giglio
Republican • House
Joe Angelino
Republican • House
Joe DeStefano
Republican • House
John K. Mikulin
Republican • House
John Lemondes
Republican • House
John T. McDonald III
Democratic • House
John Zaccaro Jr.
Democratic • House
Joseph Sempolinski
Republican • House
Josh Jensen
Republican • House
Judy Griffin
Democratic • House
Kalman Yeger
Democratic • House
Karl Brabenec
Republican • House
Keith Brown
Republican • House
Kenneth Blankenbush
Republican • House
Larinda Hooks
Democratic • House
Lester Chang
Republican • House
Marianne Buttenschon
Democratic • House
Maritza Davila
Democratic • House
Mary Beth Walsh
Republican • House
Matthew Simpson
Republican • House
Matthew Slater
Republican • House
Michael Durso
Republican • House
Michael J. Fitzpatrick
Republican • House
Michael Novakhov
Republican • House
Patrick Chludzinski
Republican • House
Patrick J. Carroll
Democratic • House
Paula Bologna
Republican • House
Paula Kay
Democratic • House
Phara Souffrant Forrest
Democratic • House
Philip Palmesano
Republican • House
Philip Ramos
Democratic • House
Rebecca Kassay
Democratic • House
Rebecca Seawright
Democratic • House
Sam Berger
Democratic • House
Samuel Pirozzolo
Republican • House
Scott Gray
Republican • House
Scott H. Bendett
Republican • House
Stephen Hawley
Republican • House
Steven Otis
Democratic • House
Tony Simone
Democratic • House
Vivian Cook
Democratic • House
William A. Barclay
Republican • House
William Colton
Democratic • House
William Conrad
House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 59 • No: 0

House vote • 6/11/2025

FLOOR Vote