STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3790 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 28, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. NORRIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the public buildings law, in relation to requiring information on resources for domestic violence and human trafficking victims to be posted in public restrooms 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 2 146 to read as follows: 3 § 146. Display of resources for domestic violence and human traffick- 4 ing victims. 1. As used in this section: 5 (a) "covered public building" shall have the same meaning as provided 6 in section one hundred forty-four of this article; 7 (b) "office" shall mean the office for the prevention of domestic 8 violence; and 9 (c) "task force" shall mean the New York state interagency task force 10 on human trafficking. 11 2. The office, in collaboration with the task force, shall create and 12 publish a poster containing information which shall include, but not be 13 limited to, contact information for the New York state police, the divi- 14 sion of criminal justice services, and the national human trafficking 15 hotline, the domestic violence hotline telephone number maintained by 16 the office, and any other information the office and task force shall 17 deem appropriate to assist victims of domestic violence and human traf- 18 ficking. Such information shall be printed in English and in any other 19 languages deemed appropriate by the office and task force. 20 3. A covered public building shall display the poster created pursuant 21 to subdivision two of this section in plain view and in a conspicuous 22 place and manner in all public restrooms, and in any other areas 23 directed by the office and task force. 24 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 25 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01786-01-1