Bill Text: NY S00432 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 432 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Provides that the judge shall not prohibit a parent from undergoing gender reassignment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-07-23 - referred to judiciary [S00432 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00432-Amended.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         432--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  HOYLMAN, BIAGGI, CARLUCCI, LIU, SEPULVEDA -- read
          twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
          Committee  on Children and Families -- recommitted to the Committee on
          Children and Families in accordance with Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --
          reported  favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee
          on Rules -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as
          amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to the custody
          of children

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

     1    Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 240 of the domestic relations law
     2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (k) to read as follows:
     3    (k) In determining the best interests of the child,  the  court  shall
     4  not:    (1)  consider  the  sex,  sexual orientation, gender identity or
     5  gender expression of the parties; or
     6    (2) prohibit a party from undergoing gender reassignment.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01536-04-0