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Speaker Carl E. Heastie
 

A00861 Summary:

BILL NOA00861A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S00432-A
 
SPONSORSimotas
 
COSPNSRReyes, Quart, Lavine, Bronson, Gottfried, Glick, Seawright, Dinowitz, O'Donnell
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd 240, Dom Rel L
 
Provides that the judge shall not prohibit a parent from undergoing gender reassignment.
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A00861 Actions:

BILL NOA00861A
 
01/11/2019referred to judiciary
01/08/2020referred to judiciary
07/14/2020reported referred to rules
07/19/2020amend and recommit to rules 861a
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A00861 Committee Votes:

JUDICIARY   Chair:Dinowitz      
DATE:07/14/2020AYE/NAY:21/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
DinowitzAyePalumboAye
LavineAyeMontesanoAye
ZebrowskiAyeGoodellAye
WeprinAyeNorrisAye
BraunsteinAyeWalshAye
SimotasAyeByrnesAye
QuartAye
BuchwaldAye
SteckAye
SeawrightAye
JoynerAye
AbinantiAye
WrightAye
WallaceAye
WalkerAye

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A00861 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A00861 Text:




 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         861--A
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 11, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SIMOTAS, REYES, QUART, LAVINE, BRONSON, GOTT-
          FRIED, GLICK, SEAWRIGHT, DINOWITZ -- read once  and  referred  to  the
          Committee on Judiciary -- recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary in
          accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee
 
        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.
                                                                   LBD01536-05-0
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