Bill Text: NY A00109 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that all single occupancy bathrooms in state owned or operated buildings and office space be designated as gender neutral.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-12-20 - APPROVAL MEMO.76 [A00109 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00109-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           109
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of A. L. ROSENTHAL, SEAWRIGHT, ARROYO, SIMON, GALEF,
          MOSLEY, DINOWITZ, ORTIZ, D'URSO, DE LA ROSA, QUART --  read  once  and
          referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
        AN  ACT to amend the public buildings law, in relation to requiring that
          all single occupancy bathrooms in state owned or operated buildings be
          designated as gender neutral
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The public buildings law is amended by adding a new section
     2  145 to read as follows:
     3    §  145. Gender neutral single occupancy bathrooms. The commissioner of
     4  general services shall have the power and it shall be his or her duty to
     5  ensure that all single occupancy bathrooms in state  owned  or  operated
     6  buildings  be  designated  as gender neutral single occupancy bathrooms.
     7  For purposes of this section: "state owned or operated buildings"  shall
     8  mean  any  state  owned  property  used for official state business, and
     9  shall include any building or office space, not owned by the state,  but
    10  which  is  primarily used for official state business; and "single occu-
    11  pancy" shall mean intended for use by no more than  one  occupant  at  a
    12  time or for family or assisted use.
    13    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    14  have become a law;  provided,  however,  that  the  addition,  amendment
    15  and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
    16  of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made and completed
    17  on or before such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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