STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________
4267
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 7, 2023
___________
Introduced by Sen. WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Women's Issues
AN ACT to amend chapter 154 of the laws of 1921, relating to the port
authority of New York and New Jersey, in relation to providing infor-
mation concerning services for human trafficking victims in lactation
rooms in Port Authority bus terminals
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph 6 of paragraph f of subdivision 3 of article
2 IV of section 1 of chapter 154 of the laws of 1921, relating to the
3 port authority of New York and New Jersey, as added by chapter 390 of
4 the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
5 (6) information concerning services for human trafficking victims in
6 port authority bus terminals. 1. Any bus terminal maintained or operated
7 by the port authority shall make available in plain view and in a
8 conspicuous place and manner in the public restrooms and in any lacta-
9 tion rooms, informational cards and/or signs developed by:
10 (a) the office of temporary and disability assistance in consultation
11 with the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking; or
12 (b) the United States Department of Homeland Security.
13 2. All informational cards and signs shall only contain information
14 concerning services for human trafficking victims and shall prominently
15 include the national human trafficking hotline telephone number.
16 3. For purposes of this section, "lactation room" shall mean a hygien-
17 ic place, other than a restroom, that: (a) is shielded from view; (b) is
18 free from intrusion; (c) contains a chair, a working surface, and, if
19 the building is otherwise supplied with electricity, an electrical
20 outlet; and (d) is intended to be used for the primary purpose of
21 breastfeeding or expressing breast milk.
22 § 2. This act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the
23 state of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with this
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04546-01-3
S. 4267 2
1 act, but if the state of New Jersey shall have already enacted such
2 legislation, this act shall take effect immediately; provided that the
3 chairperson of the port authority of New Jersey shall notify the legis-
4 lative bill drafting commission upon the occurrence of the enactment of
5 the legislation provided for in section one of this act in order that
6 the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective data base
7 of the official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance
8 of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and
9 section 70-b of the public officers law.
