STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1149 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 7, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SEAWRIGHT, FERNANDEZ, WEPRIN, OTIS, WALLACE, L. ROSENTHAL, ABINANTI, LUPARDO, CRUZ, STECK, STERN, FALL, GALEF, JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section 11 of article 1 of the constitution, in relation to equal rights for women 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, sex, creed or religion, be subjected to any discrimination in his 6 or 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 § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be 9 referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the 10 next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in 11 conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be 12 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD89063-01-1