A05240 Summary:

BILL NOA05240A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S06479-A
 
SPONSORO'Donnell
 
COSPNSRDickens, Mosley, Jaffee, Ortiz, Blake, Crespo, Thiele, Simon, Galef, Arroyo, Glick, Wallace, Raia, Hevesi, Abinanti, D'Urso, Quart, Cusick, Hyndman, De La Rosa, Pichardo, Lifton, Bronson, Seawright, Steck, Rivera, Niou, Rozic, Simotas, Byrne, Bichotte, Santabarbara, Woerner, Fahy, Vanel, Gunther, Walker, Nolan, Zebrowski, Wright, Cahill, Stirpe, Solages, Lentol, Kim, Epstein, Jean-Pierre, Weinstein, Perry, Carroll, Pheffer Amato, Jones, Gottfried, Buchwald, Reyes, Lavine, Smullen
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §79-p, Civ Rts L; add §409-m, amd §§355, 6206 & 6306, Ed L
 
Relates to making all single-occupancy bathrooms gender neutral in school districts, charter schools, SUNY, CUNY, community colleges, restaurants, bars, mercantile establishments, factories and state owned or operated buildings.
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A05240 Actions:

BILL NOA05240A
 
02/07/2019referred to governmental operations
01/08/2020referred to governmental operations
03/05/2020amend (t) and recommit to governmental operations
03/05/2020print number 5240a
03/10/2020reported
03/12/2020advanced to third reading cal.473
07/21/2020passed assembly
07/21/2020delivered to senate
07/21/2020REFERRED TO RULES
07/22/2020SUBSTITUTED FOR S6479A
07/22/20203RD READING CAL.796
07/22/2020PASSED SENATE
07/22/2020RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
12/11/2020delivered to governor
12/23/2020signed chap.353
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A05240 Committee Votes:

GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS Chair:Zebrowski DATE:03/10/2020AYE/NAY:14/0 Action: Favorable
ZebrowskiAyeJohnsAye
GalefAyeGoodellAye
GlickAyeLalorAye
KimAyeByrneAye
BuchwaldAye
BichotteAye
BlakeAye
HyndmanAye
WilliamsAye
EpsteinAye

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A05240 Floor Votes:

DATE:07/21/2020Assembly Vote  YEA/NAY: 142/0
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Solages
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Stec
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Glick
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Steck
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Stern
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Darling
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Davila
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tague
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Barron
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
ER
Richardson
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Salka
Yes
Williams
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Kim
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Wright
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
ER
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Otis
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Byrnes
ER
Finch
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Simon
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Colton
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Smith
Yes
Cook
Yes
Galef
Yes
LiPetri
Yes
Perry
Yes
Smullen

‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
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A05240 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         5240--A
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 7, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. O'DONNELL, DICKENS, MOSLEY, JAFFEE, ORTIZ, BLAKE,
          CRESPO,  THIELE, SIMON, GALEF, ARROYO, GLICK, WALLACE, HEVESI, ABINAN-
          TI, D'URSO, QUART,  CUSICK,  HYNDMAN,  DE LA ROSA,  PICHARDO,  LIFTON,
          BRONSON,  SEAWRIGHT,  STECK,  RIVERA,  NIOU,  ROZIC,  SIMOTAS,  BYRNE,
          BICHOTTE, SANTABARBARA, WOERNER, FAHY, VANEL, GUNTHER, WALKER,  NOLAN,
          ZEBROWSKI,  WRIGHT,  CAHILL,  STIRPE,  SOLAGES,  LENTOL, KIM, EPSTEIN,
          JEAN-PIERRE, WEINSTEIN, PERRY, CARROLL,  PHEFFER AMATO,  JONES,  GOTT-
          FRIED,  BUCHWALD,  REYES, LAVINE, SMULLEN -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Governmental Operations -- recommitted to the Commit-
          tee on Governmental Operations in accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,
          sec.  2  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the civil rights law and the education law, in  relation
          to single-occupancy bathroom facilities
 
          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-p to read as follows:
     3    §  79-p.  Gender neutral single-occupancy bathroom facilities.  1. All
     4  single-occupancy bathroom facilities located in public places, including
     5  but not limited to those located in restaurants, bars, mercantile estab-
     6  lishments, or factories, shall be designated as gender neutral  for  use
     7  by  no  more  than one occupant at a time or for family or assisted use.
     8  For purposes of this section, "single-occupancy bathroom" shall have the
     9  same meaning as paragraph (d) of subdivision one of section one  hundred
    10  forty-five of the public buildings law.
    11    2. Such gender neutral bathroom facilities shall be clearly designated
    12  by the posting of such on or near the entry door of each facility.
    13    §  2.  The  education  law is amended by adding a new section 409-m to
    14  read as follows:
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03015-02-0

        A. 5240--A                          2
 
     1    § 409-m. Gender neutral single-occupancy  bathroom  facilities.    The
     2  board  of education or trustees of every school district or, in the case
     3  of the city school district of New York, the chancellor, and every board
     4  of cooperative educational services, charter school and nonpublic school
     5  within  the  state  shall develop policies and procedures requiring that
     6  all  single-occupancy  bathroom  facilities  are  designated  as  gender
     7  neutral  for use by no more than one occupant at a time or for family or
     8  assisted use. Such gender neutral bathroom facilities shall  be  clearly
     9  designated  by  the  posting  of  such on or near the entry door of each
    10  facility.   For purposes of this  section,  "single-occupancy  bathroom"
    11  shall  have  the  same  meaning  as  paragraph (d) of subdivision one of
    12  section one hundred forty-five of the public buildings law.
    13    § 3. Section 355 of the education law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    14  subdivision 20 to read as follows:
    15    20.  The  state  university  trustees shall adopt rules requiring that
    16  each institution of the state university of New York adopt written poli-
    17  cies requiring that all public single-occupancy bathroom  facilities  be
    18  designated  as  gender neutral for use by no more than one occupant at a
    19  time or for family or assisted use. Such gender neutral bathroom facili-
    20  ties shall be clearly designated by the posting of such on or  near  the
    21  entry  door of each facility.  For purposes of this section, "single-oc-
    22  cupancy bathroom" shall have the same meaning as paragraph (d) of subdi-
    23  vision one of section one hundred forty-five  of  the  public  buildings
    24  law.
    25    §  4.  Section  6206  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
    26  subdivision 20 to read as follows:
    27    20. The board of trustees shall adopt rules requiring that each insti-
    28  tution of the city university of New York adopt written policies requir-
    29  ing that all public single-occupancy bathroom facilities  be  designated
    30  as  gender neutral for use by no more than one occupant at a time or for
    31  family or assisted use. Such gender neutral bathroom facilities shall be
    32  clearly designated by the posting of such on or near the entry  door  of
    33  each  facility.    For purposes of this section, "single-occupancy bath-
    34  room" shall have the same meaning as paragraph (d) of subdivision one of
    35  section one hundred forty-five of the public buildings law.
    36    § 5. Section 6306 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    37  subdivision 11 to read as follows:
    38    11.  The board of trustees of each community college shall adopt writ-
    39  ten policies requiring that all public single-occupancy bathroom facili-
    40  ties be designated as gender neutral for use by no more than  one  occu-
    41  pant  at  a  time  or  for  family  or assisted use. Such gender neutral
    42  bathroom facilities shall be clearly designated by the posting  of  such
    43  on  or  near  the  entry  door  of each facility.   For purposes of this
    44  section, "single-occupancy bathroom" shall  have  the  same  meaning  as
    45  paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision one of section one hundred forty-five of
    46  the public buildings law.
    47    § 6. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    48  have become a law.
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