Bill Text: NY S04407 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to including the basis of religious attire and facial hair in the definition of unlawful discriminatory practice.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-16 - DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY [S04407 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S04407-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4407

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 8, 2023
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        Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to including the basis of
          religious attire and facial hair in the definition of unlawful discri-
          minatory practice

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

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 296 of the execu-
     2  tive law, as separately amended by chapters 202 and 748 of the  laws  of
     3  2022, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (a)  It  shall  be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person,
     5  being the owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, superintendent,  agent  or
     6  employee  of  any  place  of  public accommodation, resort or amusement,
     7  because of the race, creed, including the wearing of any attire,  cloth-
     8  ing  or  facial  hair in accordance with the requirements or practice of
     9  his or her religion, color, national origin, citizenship or  immigration
    10  status,  sexual  orientation,  gender  identity  or expression, military
    11  status, sex, disability, marital status, or status as a victim of domes-
    12  tic violence, of any person, directly or indirectly, to refuse, withhold
    13  from or deny to such  person  any  of  the  accommodations,  advantages,
    14  facilities or privileges thereof, including the extension of credit, or,
    15  directly  or  indirectly, to publish, circulate, issue, display, post or
    16  mail any written or printed communication, notice or  advertisement,  to
    17  the  effect  that  any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities and
    18  privileges of any such place shall be refused, withheld from  or  denied
    19  to  any  person  on account of race, creed, including the wearing of any
    20  attire, clothing or facial hair in accordance with the  requirements  or
    21  practice  of his or her religion, color, national origin, citizenship or
    22  immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity  or  expression,
    23  military  status,  sex, disability or marital status, or that the patro-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03270-01-3
        S. 4407                             2

     1  nage or custom thereat of any person of  or  purporting  to  be  of  any
     2  particular  race,  creed,  color,  national origin, citizenship or immi-
     3  gration status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, mili-
     4  tary status, sex or marital status, or having a disability is unwelcome,
     5  objectionable or not acceptable, desired or solicited.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.