STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8133

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      June 11, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Labor

        AN  ACT  directing  the  department  of  labor to conduct a study on the
          employment rate of transgender persons in New York state

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

     1    Section  1. 1. The department of labor, in consultation with the divi-
     2  sion of human rights, is hereby authorized and  directed  to  conduct  a
     3  study  on  the employment rate of transgender persons in New York state.
     4  The purpose of such study shall be:
     5    (a) to provide current data on  the  employment  rate  of  transgender
     6  persons  in the state and additionally in each county and in the city of
     7  New York;
     8    (b) to determine whether a disparity  exists  between  the  employment
     9  rate  for  transgender persons and the employment rate for other persons
    10  in the state, and if so, the factors contributing to such disparity;
    11    (c) to determine whether and to what extent discrimination  and  other
    12  barriers affect the employment rate for transgender persons; and
    13    (d)  to  determine what changes, if any, should be made to state poli-
    14  cies affecting the employment rate for transgender persons,  and  recom-
    15  mend any legislation, rules or regulations it deems necessary to improve
    16  the  employment  rate  and  expand  employment  opportunities  for  such
    17  persons; and
    18    (e) to provide specific data and analysis on the findings  from  para-
    19  graphs (a) through (d) of this section as such findings relate to racial
    20  and  ethnic  characteristics,  including  but  not  limited to Black and
    21  Latinx transgender persons.
    22    2. The department of labor shall issue a report of  its  findings  and
    23  recommendations  to  the  governor,  the speaker of the assembly and the
    24  temporary president of the senate and shall publish such report  on  its
    25  website within one year after the effective date of this act.
    26    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10307-04-1