Bill Text: NY A01943 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Suspends all unnecessary travel to states that have enacted a law that voids or repeals, or has the effect of voiding or repealing, existing state or local protections against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression or have enacted a law that authorizes or requires discrimination against same-sex couples or their families or on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression, including any law that creates an exemption to antidiscrimination laws in order to permit discrimination against same-sex couples or their families or on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to governmental operations [A01943 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01943-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1943

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 23, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GONZALEZ-ROJAS,  SEAWRIGHT  -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to suspending all  unnec-
          essary  travel  to  states  that permit discrimination on the basis of
          sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression

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

     1    Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 170-g
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 170-g. State-funded and state-sponsored travel.  1.  Notwithstanding
     4  any  law, rule or regulation to the contrary, all agencies, departments,
     5  boards, divisions, authorities and commissions shall review all requests
     6  for state-funded or state-sponsored travel to a state that, after  Janu-
     7  ary  first,  two  thousand  twenty-four, has enacted a law that voids or
     8  repeals, or has the effect of voiding or repealing,  existing  state  or
     9  local  protections  against discrimination on the basis of sexual orien-
    10  tation, gender identity, or gender expression or has enacted a law  that
    11  authorizes  or requires discrimination against same-sex couples or their
    12  families or on the basis of  sexual  orientation,  gender  identity,  or
    13  gender  expression, including any law that creates an exemption to anti-
    14  discrimination laws in order to permit discrimination  against  same-sex
    15  couples  or their families or on the basis of sexual orientation, gender
    16  identity, or gender expression.
    17    2. Any such publicly funded or publicly sponsored  travel  to  such  a
    18  location,  unless  such  travel  is necessary for the enforcement of New
    19  York state law, to  meet  prior  contractual  obligations,  or  for  the
    20  protection of public health, welfare, and safety, or is otherwise in the
    21  interest of the state, is suspended.
    22    3.  The  attorney  general  shall develop, maintain, and post on their
    23  website a current list of states that, after January first, two thousand
    24  twenty-four, have enacted a law that voids or repeals, or has the effect

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  of voiding or repealing, an existing state or local  protection  against
     2  discrimination  on  the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or
     3  gender expression, or have enacted a law  that  authorizes  or  requires
     4  discrimination  against  same-sex  couples  or  their families or on the
     5  basis of sexual orientation,  gender  identity,  or  gender  expression,
     6  including  any  law that creates an exemption to antidiscrimination laws
     7  in order to permit discrimination  against  same-sex  couples  or  their
     8  families  or  on  the  basis  of sexual orientation, gender identity, or
     9  gender expression.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.