STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5395--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 11, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, DAVILA, PICHARDO, TAYLOR, MOSLEY, COOK, SEAWRIGHT, CARROLL, DE LA ROSA, QUART, GLICK, SIMOTAS, REYES, SIMON, LAVINE, D'URSO, CRUZ, DICKENS, O'DONNELL, ROMEO, EPSTEIN, GOTTFRIED, ARROYO, L. ROSENTHAL, BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the desig- nation of sex by applicants for driver's licenses and learner's permits The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows: 3 8. Designation of sex. Any application required pursuant to this 4 section that requires the applicant to designate his or her sex shall 5 provide three options. Such options shall include "male", "female" and 6 "X". For purposes of this subdivision, option "X" may be designated by 7 any applicant who does not identify as male or female. 8 § 2. The department of motor vehicles is authorized to promulgate 9 rules and regulations and amend forms necessary to carry out the 10 provisions of this act. 11 § 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a 12 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any 13 rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its 14 effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such 15 date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05830-02-9