Bill Text: NY A08549 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the use of gender-neutral terminology on state websites for website content that is created or modified after a certain date.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-23 - substituted by s8090 [A08549 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A08549-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8549 IN ASSEMBLY January 8, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the state technology law, in relation to the use of gender-neutral terminology on agency websites for certain website content; and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the state technology law relating to requiring state websites to use gender-neu- tral terminology, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 208-A and A. 1371-A, in relation to the effectiveness thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 103-b of the state technology law, as added by a 2 chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the state technology law relating 3 to requiring state websites to use gender-neutral terminology, as 4 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 208-A and A. 1371-A, is amended 5 to read as follows: 6 § 103-b. Gender-neutral terminology; state agencies. Each state agency 7 shall use gender-neutral terminology on their websites for website 8 content, including but not limited to forms accessible through the 9 website, that is created by or on behalf of such agency, or is within 10 their control to modify, provided that such content is created or modi- 11 fied, including without limitation by the addition of content, after the 12 effective date of this section; provided further, however, if such 13 language is in reference to a specific person, or a specific group of 14 people, the language referring to such person or group may be gendered 15 in accordance with the gender identity of such person or group of 16 people. 17 § 2. Section 3 of a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the state 18 technology law relating to requiring state websites to use gender-neu- 19 tral terminology, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 208-A and 20 A. 1371-A, is amended to read as follows: 21 § 3. This act shall take effect [immediately] on the one hundred 22 eightieth day after it shall have become a law. 23 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 24 the amendments to section 103-b of the state technology law made by EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00976-04-4A. 8549 2 1 section one of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the 2 same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the state technol- 3 ogy law relating to requiring state websites to use gender-neutral 4 terminology, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 208-A and A. 5 1371-A, takes effect.