Suspends all unnecessary travel to states that have discriminatory laws for access to women's reproductive health services, including but not limited to, limitations on access to abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2397
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 20, 2023
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Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, KRUEGER, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Finance
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to suspending all unnec-
essary travel to states that have discriminatory laws for access to
reproductive health services
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 170-g
2 to read as follows:
3 § 170-g. State-funded and state-sponsored travel. 1. Notwithstanding
4 any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, all agencies, departments,
5 boards, divisions, authorities and commissions shall review all requests
6 for state-funded or state-sponsored travel to a state that, after Janu-
7 ary first, two thousand twenty-four, have discriminatory laws for access
8 to reproductive health services, including but not limited to, limita-
9 tions on access to abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
10 2. Any such publicly funded or publicly sponsored travel to such a
11 location, unless such travel is necessary for the enforcement of New
12 York state law, to meet prior contractual obligations, or for the
13 protection of public health, welfare, and safety, or is otherwise in the
14 interest of the state, is suspended.
15 3. The attorney general shall develop, maintain, and post on their
16 website a current list of states that, after January first, two thousand
17 twenty-four, have discriminatory laws for access to reproductive health
18 services, including but not limited to, limitations on access to
19 abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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