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NY S 3480

in committee

Authorizes and directs the commissioner of transportation to conduct a study on the feasibility of removing all existing 3-cable guide rails on New York roadways

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 3480 pass?

Not yet. NY S 3480 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

What is NY S 3480 about?

Authorizes and directs the commissioner of transportation to conduct a study on the feasibility of removing all existing 3-cable guide rails on New York roadways and replacing such guide rails with safer alternatives; requires a report to be submitted to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader of the assembly containing the findings and recommendations for legislative or other actions.

Who sponsors NY S 3480?

Pamela Helming is the primary sponsor of NY S 3480, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Authorizes and directs the commissioner of transportation to conduct a study on the feasibility of removing all existing 3-cable guide rails on New York roadways and replacing such guide rails with safer alternatives; requires a report to be submitted to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader of the assembly containing the findings and recommendations for legislative or other actions.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Pamela Helmingprimary
  • Rachel Maycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-27

    REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 7603not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 4581

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S3480?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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