Bill Text: NY A01149 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that no person shall be discriminated in his or her civil rights because of sex.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-18 - opinion referred to judiciary [A01149 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A01149-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1149

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     January 7, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEAWRIGHT, FERNANDEZ, WEPRIN, OTIS, WALLACE,
          L. ROSENTHAL, ABINANTI, LUPARDO,  CRUZ,  STECK,  STERN,  FALL,  GALEF,
          JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary

                    CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

        proposing  an  amendment to section 11 of article 1 of the constitution,
          in relation to equal rights for women

     1    Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 11 of article
     2  1 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
     3    § 11. No person shall be denied the equal protection of  the  laws  of
     4  this state or any subdivision thereof. No person shall, because of race,
     5  color, sex, creed or religion, be subjected to any discrimination in his
     6  or  her civil rights by any other person or by any firm, corporation, or
     7  institution, or by the state or any agency or subdivision of the state.
     8    § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment  be
     9  referred  to  the  first regular legislative session convening after the
    10  next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
    11  conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
    12  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89063-01-1