New York Senate Bill 6677 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: Introduced on May 11 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-04-26 - PRINT NUMBER 6677A
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 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.

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.

Sen. Julia Salazar [D]	Sen. Brian Benjamin [D]	Sen. Alessandra Biaggi [D]	Sen. Jabari Brisport [D]
Sen. Samra Brouk [D]	Sen. James Gaughran [D]	Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal [D]	Sen. Robert Jackson [D]
Sen. Anna Kaplan [D]	Sen. Zellnor Myrie [D]	Sen. Gustavo Rivera [D]	Sen. Luis Sepulveda [D]
Sen. James Skoufis [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-04-26	Senate	PRINT NUMBER 6677A
2022-04-26	Senate	AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
2022-01-05	Senate	REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
2021-05-11	Senate	REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

A07001 (Same As) 2022-03-08 - reported referred to codes

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6677
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S06677&term=2021&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S06677
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S06677&term=2021&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S06677A