Bill Text: NY A00272 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to equality of rights and protection against discrimination.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-14 - opinion referred to judiciary [A00272 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           272
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEAWRIGHT  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Judiciary
                    CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
        proposing amendments to section 11 of article 1 of the constitution,  in
          relation to equality of rights and protection against discrimination
     1    Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 11 of article
     2  1 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
     3    §  11.  [No person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws of
     4  this state or any subdivision thereof. No person shall, because of race,
     5  color, creed or religion, be subjected to any discrimination in  his  or
     6  her  civil  rights  by  any other person or by any firm, corporation, or
     7  institution, or by the state or any agency or subdivision of the state.]
     8  Equality of rights shall not be denied  or  abridged  because  of  race,
     9  color,  creed,  religion,  national origin, citizenship, marital status,
    10  age, gender, sex, pregnancy,  sexual  orientation,  gender  identity  or
    11  expression,  military status, physical or mental disability, other immu-
    12  table or ascriptive characteristic, or like grounds for  discrimination,
    13  exclusion,  or  disadvantage, by any other person or by any firm, corpo-
    14  ration, or institution, or by the state or any agency or subdivision  of
    15  the state.
    16    Equal rights for purposes of this section extend to every person whose
    17  protection against public and private discrimination is needed to ensure
    18  an inclusive society with equal opportunity for personal fulfillment and
    19  respect for everyone in New York in all their diversity.
    20    Nothing herein shall be used to invalidate a law, program, or activity
    21  that  is  protected  or  required under this section. To the extent that
    22  enforcement of any part of this section is finally declared  invalid  as
    23  preempted  by  federal  law,  whether  on  constitutional  or  statutory
    24  grounds, or finally determined to result in a loss of  federal  funding,
    25  the  state  may by law provide that the enforcement of this section will
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  be curtailed to the minimum extent necessary to avoid such preemption or
     2  loss of funding.
     3    §  2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
     4  referred to the first regular legislative session  convening  after  the
     5  next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
     6  conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
     7  published for three months previous to the time of such election.