New York Senate Bill 1049

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-01-07 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
Pending: Senate Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

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 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.

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 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.

Sen. Julia Salazar [D]	Sen. Jabari Brisport [D]	Sen. Samra Brouk [D]	Sen. Cordell Cleare [D]
Sen. Leroy Comrie [D]	Sen. Jeremy Cooney [D]	Sen. Patricia Fahy [D]	Sen. Nathalia Fernandez [D]
Sen. Michael Gianaris [D]	Sen. Kristen Gonzalez [D]	Sen. Peter Harckham [D]	Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal [D]
Sen. Robert Jackson [D]	Sen. Liz Krueger [D]	Sen. Rachel May [D]	Sen. Zellnor Myrie [D]
Sen. Jessica Ramos [D]	Sen. Gustavo Rivera [D]	Sen. Luis Sepulveda [D]	Sen. Jose Serrano [D]
Sen. Lea Webb [D]	Sen. Jeremy Zellner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-01-07	Senate	REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
2025-12-22	Senate	PRINT NUMBER 1049A
2025-12-22	Senate	AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
2025-01-08	Senate	REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

A05478 (Same As) 2026-01-08 - print number 5478a

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1049
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S01049&term=2025&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S01049
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S01049&term=2025&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S01049A