Bill Text: NY A00861 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Provides that the judge shall not prohibit a parent from undergoing gender reassignment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-19 - amend and recommit to rules 861a [A00861 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00861-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         861--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 11, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SIMOTAS, REYES, QUART, LAVINE, BRONSON, GOTT-
          FRIED, GLICK, SEAWRIGHT, DINOWITZ -- read once  and  referred  to  the
          Committee on Judiciary -- recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary in
          accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee

        AN  ACT  to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to the custody
          of children

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 240 of the domestic relations law
     2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (k) to read as follows:
     3    (k) In determining the best interests of the child,  the  court  shall
     4  not:    (1)  consider  the  sex,  sexual orientation, gender identity or
     5  gender expression of the parties; or
     6    (2) prohibit a party from undergoing gender reassignment.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01536-05-0
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