New York Senate Bill 2860

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
Pending: Senate Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act"; relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated individuals based upon gender identity; requires that incarcerated individuals in state and local correctional facilities who have a gender identity different from their assigned sex at birth be addressed and have access to commissary items, clothing and other materials that are consistent with the person's gender identity; establishes that incarcerated individuals shall be presumptively placed in a correctional facility with persons of the gender that most closely aligns with such person's self-attested gender identity unless the person opts out of such placement.

Enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act"; relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated individuals based upon gender identity; requires that incarcerated individuals in state and local correctional facilities who have a gender identity different from their assigned sex at birth be addressed and have access to commissary items, clothing and other materials that are consistent with the person's gender identity; establishes that incarcerated individuals shall be presumptively placed in a correctional facility with persons of the gender that most closely aligns with such person's self-attested gender identity unless the person opts out of such placement.

Sen. Julia Salazar [D]	Sen. Jabari Brisport [D]	Sen. Samra Brouk [D]	Sen. Cordell Cleare [D]
Sen. Jeremy Cooney [D]	Sen. Nathalia Fernandez [D]	Sen. Michael Gianaris [D]	Sen. Kristen Gonzalez [D]
Sen. Peter Harckham [D]	Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal [D]	Sen. Robert Jackson [D]	Sen. Liz Krueger [D]
Sen. Zellnor Myrie [D]	Sen. Jessica Ramos [D]	Sen. Gustavo Rivera [D]	Sen. Luis Sepulveda [D]
Sen. Lea Webb [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-03	Senate	REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
2023-01-25	Senate	REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

A00709 (Same As) 2024-01-03 - referred to correction

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S2860
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S02860&term=2023&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S02860