Bill Text: NY A01283 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that no person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws of this state or any subdivision thereof; provides no person shall, because of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, creed, religion, or sex, including sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes, reproductive healthcare and autonomy, be subjected to any discrimination in their civil rights by any other person or by any firm, corporation, or institution, or by the state or any agency or subdivision of the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2023-08-04 - delivered to secretary of state [A01283 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01283-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1283

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 13, 2023
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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 an amendment to section 11 of article 1 of  the  constitution,
          in relation to equal protection

     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. a. 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,  ethnicity,  national  origin, age, disability, creed [or], reli-
     6  gion, or sex, including  sexual  orientation,  gender  identity,  gender
     7  expression,  pregnancy,  pregnancy outcomes, and reproductive healthcare
     8  and autonomy, be subjected to any discrimination in [his or  her]  their
     9  civil  rights by any other person or by any firm, corporation, or insti-
    10  tution, or by the state or any  agency  or  subdivision  of  the  state,
    11  pursuant to law.
    12    b. Nothing in this section shall invalidate or prevent the adoption of
    13  any law, regulation, program, or practice that is designed to prevent or
    14  dismantle discrimination on the basis of a characteristic listed in this
    15  section,  nor  shall any characteristic listed in this section be inter-
    16  preted to interfere with, limit, or deny the civil rights of any  person
    17  based upon any other characteristic identified in this section.
    18    §  2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
    19  submitted to the people for approval at the general election to be  held
    20  in the year 2024 in accordance with the provisions of the election law.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89019-03-3