Bill Text: NY S04805 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to diaper changing accommodations in certain buildings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO CODES [S04805 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04805-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4805
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 17, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in  relation  to  diaper  changing
         accommodations in certain buildings
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The civil rights law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
    2  79-o to read as follows:
    3    S  79-O.  DIAPER  CHANGING  ACCOMMODATIONS.  1. ANY PUBLIC BUILDING OR
    4  PLACE OF PUBLIC  ACCOMMODATION,  RESORT  OR  AMUSEMENT,  AS  DEFINED  IN
    5  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED  NINETY-TWO  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, THAT INSTALLS A
    6  BABY DIAPER CHANGING ACCOMMODATION IN A RESTROOM SHALL ENSURE  THAT  THE
    7  ACCOMMODATION  IS EQUALLY AVAILABLE OR PROVIDED REGARDLESS OF THE GENDER
    8  FOR WHICH THE RESTROOM IS DESIGNED.
    9    2. THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY:
   10    (A) TO RESTROOMS CONSTRUCTED ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS
   11  SECTION;
   12    (B)  TO  RESTROOMS  EXISTING  ON  OR  AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
   13  SECTION WHICH UNDERGO SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATION; AND
   14    (C) TO THE EXTENT THAT THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
   15  SECTION  MAY BE IMPLEMENTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL
   16  LAWS REGARDING ACCESS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES  AND  WITH  EXISTING
   17  FIRE, HEALTH, AND SAFETY STANDARDS.
   18    3.   AS  USED  IN  THIS  SECTION,  "SUBSTANTIAL  RENOVATION"  MEANS  A
   19  CONSTRUCTION OR RENOVATION PROJECT REQUIRING A BUILDING PERMIT  WITH  AN
   20  ESTIMATED COST OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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