STATE OF NEW YORK
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7301--B
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 25, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. TAPIA, SHIMSKY -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Economic Development -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
appearance enhancement businesses to display a poster about sexual and
domestic violence
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
2 408-c to read as follows:
3 § 408-c. Sexual and domestic violence awareness poster in appearance
4 enhancement businesses. 1. The department of state, in consultation with
5 the office for the prevention of domestic violence and the division of
6 human rights, shall create a poster containing information on recogniz-
7 ing signs of sexual and domestic violence and available resources in the
8 state, including, but not limited to, toll-free hotlines and victim
9 services. The poster shall be made available in the top ten non-English
10 languages spoken in the state, as determined by the most recent American
11 community survey data.
12 2. The department of state, in consultation with the office for the
13 prevention of domestic violence, shall provide such posters to appear-
14 ance enhancement businesses at no cost. The department shall issue mini-
15 mum content and design standards for businesses that elect to create and
16 display their own posters, subject to approval by the department.
17 3. Every appearance enhancement business licensed pursuant to this
18 article shall post, in a conspicuous location accessible to all custom-
19 ers, a poster provided or approved pursuant to subdivision two of this
20 section in a language of the business's choice.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
2 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
3 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
4 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
5 completed on or before such effective date.
