New York Senate Bill 4702 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on March 21 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-11 - PRINT NUMBER 4702A
Pending: Senate Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated people based upon gender identity; requires that incarcerated people in state and local correctional facilities who have a gender identity different from the person's 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; and establishes that incarcerated people shall be presumptively placed in a correctional facility with persons of the gender that most closely aligns with such person's gender identity unless the person opts out of such placement, such person is free to change their mind and switch at any time.

Relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated people based upon gender identity; requires that incarcerated people in state and local correctional facilities who have a gender identity different from the person's 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; and establishes that incarcerated people shall be presumptively placed in a correctional facility with persons of the gender that most closely aligns with such person's gender identity unless the person opts out of such placement, such person is free to change their mind and switch at any time.

Sen. Luis Sepulveda [D]	Sen. Alessandra Biaggi [D]	Sen. David Carlucci [D]	Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal [D]
Sen. Robert Jackson [D]	Sen. Zellnor Myrie [D]	Sen. Jessica Ramos [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-11	Senate	PRINT NUMBER 4702A
2020-03-11	Senate	AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
2020-01-08	Senate	REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
2019-03-21	Senate	REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

A05257 (Same As) 2020-11-06 - print number 5257a

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4702
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S04702&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S04702
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S04702&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S04702A