Bill Text: NY A08373 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Provides for adult changing tables to be placed within an enclosed restroom facility or other similar private facility that is for use by persons with disabilities who need help with diapering at commercial places of public amusement and state-owned buildings open to the public.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-29 - print number 8373c [A08373 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A08373-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8373--C 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY December 13, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BURDICK, LEVENBERG, SEAWRIGHT, SLATER, SHIMSKY, BEEPHAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Governmental Operations in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the civil rights law and the public buildings law, in relation to enacting the "traveling with dignity act" The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "traveling with dignity act". 3 § 2. The civil rights law is amended by adding a new section 79-r to 4 read as follows: 5 § 79-r. Adult changing accommodations. 1. As used in this section, 6 the following terms shall have the following meanings: 7 (a) "Adult changing accommodation" means a height-adjustable adult 8 changing table that is for use by persons with disabilities who need 9 help with diapering. 10 (b) "Covered facility" means a commercial place of public amusement, 11 including auditoriums, theatres, convention centers, exhibition halls, 12 permanent amusement parks, and sports arenas, for which the maximum 13 occupancy is determined to be two thousand five hundred or more people. 14 (c) "Disability" shall have the same meaning as provided for in subdi- 15 vision twenty-one of section two hundred ninety-two of the executive 16 law. 17 2. All single-occupancy bathrooms located in covered facilities shall 18 install and maintain at least one adult changing accommodation for EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11897-08-4A. 8373--C 2 1 persons with a physical disability that is accessible to individuals of 2 any gender when the facility is open to the public, and shall ensure 3 that such bathroom shall be clearly designated by the posting of such on 4 or near the entry door of each bathroom, and, if the facility has a 5 central directory, shall ensure that the central directory indicates the 6 location of the adult changing accommodation, provided that: 7 (a) Covered facilities newly constructed on or after January first, 8 two thousand twenty-five shall comply with the provisions of this 9 section at the time of construction; 10 (b) Existing covered facilities renovated on or after January first, 11 two thousand twenty-five, shall comply with the provisions of this 12 section at the time of renovation; and 13 (c) Any other existing covered facility shall comply with the 14 provisions of this section no later than January first, two thousand 15 thirty-two. 16 3. The commissioner of the office of general services, in collab- 17 oration with the chief disability officer, shall promulgate regulations 18 in order to effectuate the requirements of this section, including, but 19 not limited to, specifications regarding the dimensions of such adult 20 changing accommodations. 21 § 3. The public buildings law is amended by adding a new section 148 22 to read as follows: 23 § 148. Adult changing accommodations. 1. As used in this section: 24 (a) "state agency" means any state department, office, board, bureau, 25 commission, agency, or any public authority or public benefit 26 corporation at least one of whose members is appointed by the governor; 27 (b) "state-owned building" means any building owned by a state agency 28 used for official state business; 29 (c) "single-occupancy bathroom" means a bathroom intended for use by 30 no more than one occupant at a time or for family or assisted use and 31 which has a door for entry into and egress from the bathroom that may be 32 locked by the occupant to ensure privacy and security; and 33 (d) "adult changing accommodation" means a height-adjustable adult 34 changing table that is for use by persons with disabilities who need 35 help with diapering. 36 2. Each state agency shall ensure that all state-owned buildings 37 determined by the commissioner of the office of general services to be 38 open to the public shall have at least one single-occupancy bathroom in 39 such building with an adult changing accommodation by January first, two 40 thousand twenty-eight. 41 3. The commissioner of the office of general services, in collab- 42 oration with the chief disability officer, shall promulgate regulations 43 in order to effectuate the requirements of this section, including, but 44 not limited to, specifications regarding the dimensions of such adult 45 changing accommodations. 46 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
