Bill Text: NY S00517 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 517 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relates to equality of rights and protection against discrimination.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-07-08 - TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION [S00517 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00517-Amended.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         517--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. KRUEGER, BAILEY, BENJAMIN, BIAGGI, BRESLIN, CARLUC-
          CI, COMRIE, HOYLMAN, JACKSON, KAPLAN,  MAY,  MAYER,  METZGER,  PARKER,
          PERSAUD,  SANDERS,  SEPULVEDA,  SERRANO,  STAVISKY  --  read twice and
          ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
          Judiciary  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee

                    CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

        proposing amendments to section 11 of article 1 of the constitution,  in
          relation to equality of rights and protection against discrimination

     1    Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 11 of arti-
     2  cle 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
     5  race,  color,  ethnicity,  nationality,  national  origin, sex including
     6  pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity or  expression,  disa-
     7  bility,  age, creed or religion, or like grounds used to deprive a class
     8  of the people of New York of their equal opportunity to enjoy a full and
     9  productive life, be subjected to any discrimination in or to any  denial
    10  or abridgment of his or her equal civil rights by any other person or by
    11  any  firm, corporation, or institution, or by the state or any agency or
    12  subdivision of the state.  The words "civil rights" mean any legal right
    13  that impacts such equal opportunity.
    14    This section shall not be construed to preclude bona  fide  qualifica-
    15  tions  for  a job, position, benefit or service in a particular capacity
    16  if authorized by law with respect to disability, age or religion or  any
    17  legal  requirement of reasonable accommodation with respect to disabili-
    18  ty, pregnancy or religious practice or  to  invalidate  or  prevent  the
    19  adoption  of  any  law,  regulation, program or activity that has as its
    20  object the amelioration  of  conditions  of  historically  disadvantaged
    21  individuals  or  communities,  including  those  this  section  protects

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89010-02-9

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     1  against discrimination in or any denial or  abridgment  of  equal  civil
     2  rights.
     3    If  any  part  of  this  section,  or any action taken to enforce this
     4  section, be finally declared invalid under federal  law  or  the  United
     5  States  Constitution,  or  be  finally determined to result in a loss of
     6  federal funding to the state or any agency or subdivision of the  state,
     7  this section shall be implemented to the maximum extent that federal law
     8  and  the  United  States  Constitution  permit, or to the maximum extent
     9  possible without the loss of federal funding. Any provision held invalid
    10  shall be severable from the remaining portions of this section.
    11    § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the  foregoing  amendment
    12  be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
    13  next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
    14  conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
    15  published for three months previous to the time of such election.