Bill Text: NY S00574 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to diaper changing accommodations in certain buildings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO CODES [S00574 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S00574-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           574
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 4, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
        AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in  relation  to  diaper  changing
          accommodations in certain buildings
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The civil rights law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
     2  79-o to read as follows:
     3    §  79-o.  Diaper  changing  accommodations.  1. Any public building or
     4  place of public  accommodation,  resort  or  amusement,  as  defined  in
     5  section  two  hundred  ninety-two  of the executive law, that installs a
     6  baby diaper changing accommodation in a restroom shall ensure  that  the
     7  accommodation  is equally available or provided regardless of the gender
     8  for which the restroom is designed.
     9    2. The provisions of subdivision one of this section shall apply:
    10    (a) to restrooms constructed on or after the effective  date  of  this
    11  section;
    12    (b)  to  restrooms  existing  on  or  after the effective date of this
    13  section which undergo substantial renovation; and
    14    (c) to the extent that the  provisions  of  subdivision  one  of  this
    15  section  may be implemented in compliance with local, state, and federal
    16  laws regarding access for persons with disabilities  and  with  existing
    17  fire, health, and safety standards.
    18    3.   As  used  in  this  section,  "substantial  renovation"  means  a
    19  construction or renovation project requiring a building permit  with  an
    20  estimated cost of ten thousand dollars or more.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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