Senate Bill S131

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the consideration of complete street design for certain transportation projects which receive federal or state funding

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S131 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Highway Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §331, Hway L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S8394
2023-2024: S100

2025-S131 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the consideration of complete street design for certain transportation projects which receive federal or state funding; authorizes the department to compile and make publicly available guidance and reference material related to consideration of complete street design.

2025-S131 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    131
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  RYAN  S, BAILEY, BRISPORT, BROUK, CLEARE, COONEY,
   GIANARIS, GONZALEZ, MAY, PARKER, SEPULVEDA -- read twice  and  ordered
   printed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Trans-
   portation

 AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to requiring the  consider-
   ation  of  complete  street design for certain transportation projects
   which receive federal or state funding
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Subdivision  (a)  of section 331 of the highway law, as
 added by chapter 398 of the laws of 2011, is amended and a new  subdivi-
 sion (e) is added to read as follows:
   (a)  For  all state, county and local transportation projects that are
 undertaken by the department or receive [both] federal [and],  state  OR
 BOTH  FEDERAL  AND STATE funding and are subject to department of trans-
 portation oversight, the department or  agency  with  jurisdiction  over
 such  projects  shall consider the convenient access and mobility on the
 road network by all users of all ages, including motorists, pedestrians,
 bicyclists, and public transportation users through the use of  complete
 street  design  features  in  the planning, design, construction, recon-
 struction and rehabilitation, but  not  including  resurfacing,  mainte-
 nance, or pavement recycling of such projects.
   (E)  THE  DEPARTMENT  MAY  COMPILE AND MAKE AVAILABLE PUBLICLY, ON ITS
 WEBSITE, DESIGN GUIDANCE AND REFERENCE MATERIAL RELATED TO CONSIDERATION
 OF COMPLETE STREET DESIGN, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE DEPARTMENT'S
 HIGHWAY DESIGN GUIDANCE, FEDERAL HIGHWAY  ADMINISTRATION  GUIDANCE,  AND
 GUIDANCE  FROM  NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION ASSOCI-
 ATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS, TO  ASSIST  AGENCIES  WITH  JURISDICTION  OVER
 PROJECTS  SUBJECT  TO  THE  PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION IN COMPLYING WITH
 THIS SECTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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