Establishes standards for the design and construction of all-gender bathrooms in the state and in New York city; provides standards will be permitted in both new construction and existing structures undergoing repair, renovation, or alteration work.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7131--B
Cal. No. 238
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 1, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and
Community Development -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted
to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development in
accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said
committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third
reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the
order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the executive law and the administrative code of the
city of New York, in relation to establishing standards for the design
and construction of all-gender bathrooms
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 378 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 21 to read as follows:
3 21. a. Standards for all-gender bathrooms to provide privacy and secu-
4 rity, incorporating best practices in restroom design, including but not
5 limited to:
6 (i) lockable individual toilet stalls with a minimum door height of
7 eighty-four inches and a maximum undercut of four inches;
8 (ii) no visual gaps at the sides of doors and pilasters;
9 (iii) shared sink areas positioned outside of individual toilet
10 stalls;
11 (iv) allowance for separate sinks within individual stalls; and
12 (v) installation of privacy partitions compliant with the interna-
13 tional association of plumbing and mechanical officials' standards
14 published under the IAPMO/ANSI/CAN Z124.10-2022, or the most recently
15 published version of such publication.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 b. All-gender bathrooms may include urinals provided they are enclosed
2 within individual lockable stalls meeting the privacy standards in para-
3 graph a of this subdivision.
4 c. (i) The department shall promulgate or amend regulations to allow
5 and facilitate the designation, installation, and use of all-gender
6 bathrooms in any use group as defined in the state building code,
7 including but not limited to commercial, institutional, educational, and
8 public facilities.
9 (ii) All-gender bathrooms shall be permitted in both new construction
10 and existing structures undergoing repair, renovation, or alteration
11 work.
12 (iii) Standards developed pursuant to this subdivision shall include
13 requirements for signage and wayfinding standards to ensure clear iden-
14 tification of all-gender bathrooms while maintaining inclusivity and
15 accessibility.
16 d. For the purposes of this subdivision, "all-gender bathrooms" shall
17 mean multi-fixture toilet rooms with separate, lockable partitions and a
18 shared sink area that can be used by individuals of all gender identi-
19 ties.
20 § 2. PC 403 of chapter 4 of the plumbing code of the administrative
21 code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 403.6 to
22 read as follows:
23 § 403.6 All-gender bathrooms. 1. (a) All-gender bathrooms shall be
24 designed to provide privacy and security, incorporating best practices
25 in restroom design, including but not limited to:
26 (i) lockable individual toilet stalls with a minimum door height of 84
27 inches and a maximum undercut of 4 inches;
28 (ii) no visual gaps at the sides of doors and pilasters;
29 (iii) shared sink areas positioned outside of individual toilet
30 stalls;
31 (iv) allowance for separate sinks within individual stalls; and
32 (v) installation of privacy partitions compliant with the interna-
33 tional association of plumbing and mechanical officials' standards
34 published under the IAPMO/ANSI/CAN Z124.10-2022, or the most recently
35 published version of such publication.
36 (b) All-gender bathrooms may include urinals provided they are
37 enclosed within individual lockable stalls meeting the privacy standards
38 in paragraph (a) of this subdivision.
39 2. All-gender bathrooms shall be permitted in both new construction
40 and existing structures undergoing repair, renovation, or alteration
41 work.
42 3. Standards developed pursuant to this section shall include require-
43 ments for signage and wayfinding standards to ensure clear identifica-
44 tion of all-gender bathrooms while maintaining inclusivity and accessi-
45 bility.
46 4. For the purposes of this section, "all-gender bathrooms" shall mean
47 multi-fixture toilet rooms with separate, lockable partitions and a
48 shared sink area that can be used by individuals of all gender identi-
49 ties.
50 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
51 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
52 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
53 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
54 on or before such effective date.
