Bill Text: NY S06937 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that all single-occupancy bathrooms in state-owned or operated buildings and office space be designated as gender neutral.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-02-03 - SIGNED CHAP.14 [S06937 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06937-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6937

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 6, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the public buildings law, in relation to requiring  that
          all single-occupancy bathrooms in state-owned or operated buildings be
          designated as gender neutral

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 145 of the public buildings  law,  as  added  by  a
     2  chapter  of the laws of 2019, amending the public buildings law relating
     3  to requiring that all single occupancy bathrooms in state owned or oper-
     4  ated buildings be designated as gender neutral, as proposed in  legisla-
     5  tive bills numbers S. 5922 and A. 109, is amended to read as follows:
     6    §  145.  Gender neutral [single occupancy] single-occupancy bathrooms.
     7  [The commissioner of general services shall have the power and it  shall
     8  be  his  or  her  duty  to ensure that all single occupancy bathrooms in
     9  state owned or operated buildings be designated as gender neutral single
    10  occupancy bathrooms.   For purposes of this  section:  "state  owned  or
    11  operated  buildings"  shall mean any state owned property used for offi-
    12  cial state business, and shall include any building or office space, not
    13  owned by the state, but which is primarily used for official state busi-
    14  ness; and "single occupancy" shall mean intended for use by no more than
    15  one occupant at a time or for family or assisted use.]  1.  As  used  in
    16  this section:
    17    (a)  "state agency" means any state department, office, board, bureau,
    18  commission, agency, or any public authority  or  public  benefit  corpo-
    19  ration at least one of whose members is appointed by the governor.
    20    (b)  "state-owned building" means any building owned by a state agency
    21  used for official state business.
    22    (c) "state-leased building" means  any  building  or  portion  of  any
    23  building leased by a state agency for office or residential occupancy.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD12041-01-9
        S. 6937                             2

     1    (d)  "single-occupancy  bathroom" means a bathroom intended for use by
     2  no more than one occupant at a time or for family or  assisted  use  and
     3  which has a door for entry into and egress from the bathroom that may be
     4  locked by the occupant to ensure privacy and security.
     5    2.  Each state agency shall ensure that all single-occupancy bathrooms
     6  under its jurisdiction be designated as gender  neutral  in  state-owned
     7  buildings and, where practicable, in state-leased buildings.
     8    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
     9  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the  public  buildings
    10  law  relating  to requiring that all single occupancy bathrooms in state
    11  owned or operated buildings be designated as gender neutral, as proposed
    12  in legislative bills numbers S. 5922 and A. 109, takes effect.