STATE OF NEW YORK
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8974
IN ASSEMBLY
January 6, 2020
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Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the public buildings law, in relation to requiring that
all single-occupancy bathrooms in state-owned or operated buildings be
designated as gender neutral
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 145 of the public buildings law, as added by a
2 chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the public buildings law relating
3 to requiring that all single occupancy bathrooms in state owned or oper-
4 ated buildings be designated as gender neutral, as proposed in legisla-
5 tive bills numbers S. 5922 and A. 109, is amended to read as follows:
6 § 145. Gender neutral [single occupancy] single-occupancy bathrooms.
7 [The commissioner of general services shall have the power and it shall
8 be his or her duty to ensure that all single occupancy bathrooms in
9 state owned or operated buildings be designated as gender neutral single
10 occupancy bathrooms. For purposes of this section: "state owned or
11 operated buildings" shall mean any state owned property used for offi-
12 cial state business, and shall include any building or office space, not
13 owned by the state, but which is primarily used for official state busi-
14 ness; and "single occupancy" shall mean intended for use by no more than
15 one occupant at a time or for family or assisted use.] 1. As used in
16 this section:
17 (a) "state agency" means any state department, office, board, bureau,
18 commission, agency, or any public authority or public benefit corpo-
19 ration at least one of whose members is appointed by the governor.
20 (b) "state-owned building" means any building owned by a state agency
21 used for official state business.
22 (c) "state-leased building" means any building or portion of any
23 building leased by a state agency for office or residential occupancy.
24 (d) "single-occupancy bathroom" means a bathroom intended for use by
25 no more than one occupant at a time or for family or assisted use and
26 which has a door for entry into and egress from the bathroom that may be
27 locked by the occupant to ensure privacy and security.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 2. Each state agency shall ensure that all single-occupancy bathrooms
2 under its jurisdiction be designated as gender neutral in state-owned
3 buildings and, where practicable, in state-leased buildings.
4 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
5 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the public buildings
6 law relating to requiring that all single occupancy bathrooms in state
7 owned or operated buildings be designated as gender neutral, as proposed
8 in legislative bills numbers S. 5922 and A. 109, takes effect.
