Bill Text: NY S06479 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to making all single-occupancy bathrooms gender neutral in school districts, charter schools, SUNY, CUNY, community colleges, restaurants, bars, mercantile establishments, factories and state owned or operated buildings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-12-23 - signed chap.353 [S06479 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S06479-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6479--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE June 13, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SALAZAR, BIAGGI, CARLUCCI, JACKSON, KRUEGER, MYRIE, RAMOS, SKOUFIS, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the civil rights law and the education law, in relation to single-occupancy bathroom facilities 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-p to read as follows: 3 § 79-p. Gender neutral single-occupancy bathroom facilities. 1. All 4 single-occupancy bathroom facilities located in public places, including 5 but not limited to those located in restaurants, bars, mercantile estab- 6 lishments, or factories, shall be designated as gender neutral for use 7 by no more than one occupant at a time or for family or assisted use. 8 For purposes of this section, "single-occupancy bathroom" shall have the 9 same meaning as paragraph (d) of subdivision one of section one hundred 10 forty-five of the public buildings law. 11 2. Such gender neutral bathroom facilities shall be clearly designated 12 by the posting of such on or near the entry door of each facility. 13 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 409-m to 14 read as follows: 15 § 409-m. Gender neutral single-occupancy bathroom facilities. The 16 board of education or trustees of every school district or, in the case 17 of the city school district of New York, the chancellor, and every board 18 of cooperative educational services, charter school and nonpublic school 19 within the state shall develop policies and procedures requiring that 20 all single-occupancy bathroom facilities are designated as gender 21 neutral for use by no more than one occupant at a time or for family or EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03015-03-0S. 6479--A 2 1 assisted use. Such gender neutral bathroom facilities shall be clearly 2 designated by the posting of such on or near the entry door of each 3 facility. For purposes of this section, "single-occupancy bathroom" 4 shall have the same meaning as paragraph (d) of subdivision one of 5 section one hundred forty-five of the public buildings law. 6 § 3. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new 7 subdivision 20 to read as follows: 8 20. The state university trustees shall adopt rules requiring that 9 each institution of the state university of New York adopt written poli- 10 cies requiring that all public single-occupancy bathroom facilities be 11 designated as gender neutral for use by no more than one occupant at a 12 time or for family or assisted use. Such gender neutral bathroom facili- 13 ties shall be clearly designated by the posting of such on or near the 14 entry door of each facility. For purposes of this section, "single-oc- 15 cupancy bathroom" shall have the same meaning as paragraph (d) of subdi- 16 vision one of section one hundred forty-five of the public buildings 17 law. 18 § 4. Section 6206 of the education law is amended by adding a new 19 subdivision 20 to read as follows: 20 20. The board of trustees shall adopt rules requiring that each insti- 21 tution of the city university of New York adopt written policies requir- 22 ing that all public single-occupancy bathroom facilities be designated 23 as gender neutral for use by no more than one occupant at a time or for 24 family or assisted use. Such gender neutral bathroom facilities shall be 25 clearly designated by the posting of such on or near the entry door of 26 each facility. For purposes of this section, "single-occupancy bath- 27 room" shall have the same meaning as paragraph (d) of subdivision one of 28 section one hundred forty-five of the public buildings law. 29 § 5. Section 6306 of the education law is amended by adding a new 30 subdivision 11 to read as follows: 31 11. The board of trustees of each community college shall adopt writ- 32 ten policies requiring that all public single-occupancy bathroom facili- 33 ties be designated as gender neutral for use by no more than one occu- 34 pant at a time or for family or assisted use. Such gender neutral 35 bathroom facilities shall be clearly designated by the posting of such 36 on or near the entry door of each facility. For purposes of this 37 section, "single-occupancy bathroom" shall have the same meaning as 38 paragraph (d) of subdivision one of section one hundred forty-five of 39 the public buildings law. 40 § 6. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 41 have become a law.
