Bill Text: NY A01371 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes that state agencies or authorities shall implement gender-neutral terminology on state websites.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-25 - approval memo.4 [A01371 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01371-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1371--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 17, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, JACKSON, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, SAYEGH,
          SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Oper-
          ations  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the state technology law, in relation to requiring state
          websites to use gender-neutral terminology

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

     1    Section 1. The state technology law is amended by adding a new section
     2  103-b to read as follows:
     3    § 103-b. Gender-neutral terminology; state agencies. Each state agency
     4  shall use gender-neutral terminology on their websites; provided, howev-
     5  er, if such language is in reference to a specific person, or a specific
     6  group  of  people, the language referring to such person or group may be
     7  gendered in accordance with the gender identity of such person or  group
     8  of people.
     9    §  2.  Section  103 of the state technology law is amended by adding a
    10  new subdivision 23 to read as follows:
    11    23. To issue guidance for state agencies in their compliance with  the
    12  gender-neutral terminology requirements set forth in section one hundred
    13  three-b of this chapter.
    14    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00976-02-3