Bill Text: NY A07355 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Adds gender identity or expression as a protected class for purposes of the human rights law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-08-23 - signed chap.305 [A07355 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A07355-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7355

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 18, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. SIMONE, McDONALD -- (at request of the Division
          of Human Rights) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Govern-
          mental Operations

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to adding gender identity
          or expression as a protected class of the human rights law

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraphs a, b, and c of subdivision 2 of section 296-c of
     2  the  executive law, as separately amended by chapters 202 and 748 of the
     3  laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
     4    a. refuse to hire or employ or to bar or to discharge from  internship
     5  an intern or to discriminate against such intern in terms, conditions or
     6  privileges of employment as an intern because of the intern's age, race,
     7  creed, color, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, sexual
     8  orientation,  gender identity or expression, military status, sex, disa-
     9  bility, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, or  status
    10  as a victim of domestic violence;
    11    b. discriminate against an intern in receiving, classifying, disposing
    12  or  otherwise  acting  upon  applications for internships because of the
    13  intern's age, race, creed, color, national origin, citizenship or  immi-
    14  gration status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, mili-
    15  tary  status,  sex,  disability,  predisposing  genetic characteristics,
    16  marital status, or status as a victim of domestic violence;
    17    c. print or circulate or cause to be printed or circulated any  state-
    18  ment,  advertisement  or  publication, or to use any form of application
    19  for employment as an intern or to make any inquiry  in  connection  with
    20  prospective  employment,  which  expresses  directly  or indirectly, any
    21  limitation, specification or discrimination  as  to  age,  race,  creed,
    22  color, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, sexual orien-
    23  tation, gender identity or expression, military status, sex, disability,
    24  predisposing  genetic  characteristics,  marital  status  or status as a

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        A. 7355                             2

     1  victim of domestic violence, or any intent to make any such  limitation,
     2  specification  or  discrimination, unless based upon a bona fide occupa-
     3  tional qualification; provided, however, that neither this paragraph nor
     4  any provision of this chapter or other law shall be construed to prohib-
     5  it the department of civil service or the department of personnel of any
     6  city  containing  more  than one county from requesting information from
     7  applicants for civil service internships or examinations concerning  any
     8  of  the  aforementioned  characteristics, other than sexual orientation,
     9  for the purpose of conducting studies to identify and  resolve  possible
    10  problems  in  recruitment  and  testing of members of minority groups to
    11  ensure the fairest possible and equal opportunities  for  employment  in
    12  the  civil  service  for  all  persons,  regardless of age, race, creed,
    13  color, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, sexual orien-
    14  tation, military status, sex, disability, predisposing  genetic  charac-
    15  teristics, marital status or status as a victim of domestic violence;
    16    §  2.  Paragraph  b of subdivision 3 of section 296-c of the executive
    17  law, as separately amended by chapters 202 and 748 of the laws of  2022,
    18  is amended to read as follows:
    19    b.  subject an intern to unwelcome harassment based on age, sex, race,
    20  creed, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or  expression,  mili-
    21  tary  status,  disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital
    22  status, status as a victim of domestic  violence,  national  origin,  or
    23  citizenship  or  immigration  status,  or  where such harassment has the
    24  purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering  with  the  intern's  work
    25  performance  by  creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working
    26  environment.
    27    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.