Bill Text: NY A05137 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
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: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-20 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [A05137 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A05137-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5137--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 6, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, SEAWRIGHT, ARROYO, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee 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 2 144 to read as follows: 3 § 144. 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. LBD05127-02-7