NY A00709 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 35-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-03 - referred to correction
Pending: Assembly Correction Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 11 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-03 - referred to correction
Pending: Assembly Correction Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]
Summary
Enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act"; relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated individuals based upon gender identity; requires that incarcerated individuals in state and local correctional facilities who have a gender identity different from their assigned sex at birth be addressed and have access to commissary items, clothing and other materials that are consistent with the person's gender identity; establishes that incarcerated individuals shall be presumptively placed in a correctional facility with persons of the gender that most closely aligns with such person's self-attested gender identity unless the person opts out of such placement.
Title
Enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act"; relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated individuals based upon gender identity; requires that incarcerated individuals in state and local correctional facilities who have a gender identity different from their assigned sex at birth be addressed and have access to commissary items, clothing and other materials that are consistent with the person's gender identity; establishes that incarcerated individuals shall be presumptively placed in a correctional facility with persons of the gender that most closely aligns with such person's self-attested gender identity unless the person opts out of such placement.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
---|---|---|
2024-01-03 | Assembly | referred to correction |
2023-03-22 | Assembly | print number 709a |
2023-03-22 | Assembly | amend and recommit to correction |
2023-01-11 | Assembly | referred to correction |
Same As/Similar To
S02860 (Same As) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION