New York S 7131: Establishes standards for the design and construction of all-gender bathrooms

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S07131 Summary:

BILL NOS07131B

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SAME ASSAME AS A10658

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SPONSORMAY

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COSPNSR

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Amd §378, Exec L; add §403.6, NYC Ad Cd

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Establishes standards for the design and construction of all-gender bathrooms in the state and in New York city; provides standards will be permitted in both new construction and existing structures undergoing repair, renovation, or alteration work.

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BILL NOS07131B

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04/01/2025REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

04/22/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

04/22/2025PRINT NUMBER 7131A

04/28/20251ST REPORT CAL.699

04/29/20252ND REPORT CAL.

04/30/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

02/04/20261ST REPORT CAL.238

02/05/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/09/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/20/2026AMENDED ON THIRD READING 7131B

05/28/2026PASSED SENATE

05/28/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/28/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7131--B
 Cal. No. 238

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 1, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and
 Community Development -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted
 to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development in
 accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said
 committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third
 reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the
 order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the administrative code of the
 city of New York, in relation to establishing standards for the design
 and construction of all-gender bathrooms

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

 1 Section 1. Section 378 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 21 to read as follows:
 3 21. a. Standards for all-gender bathrooms to provide privacy and secu-
 4 rity, incorporating best practices in restroom design, including but not
 5 limited to:
 6 (i) lockable individual toilet stalls with a minimum door height of
 7 eighty-four inches and a maximum undercut of four inches;
 8 (ii) no visual gaps at the sides of doors and pilasters;
 9 (iii) shared sink areas positioned outside of individual toilet
 10 stalls;
 11 (iv) allowance for separate sinks within individual stalls; and
 12 (v) installation of privacy partitions compliant with the interna-
 13 tional association of plumbing and mechanical officials' standards
 14 published under the IAPMO/ANSI/CAN Z124.10-2022, or the most recently
 15 published version of such publication.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09382-06-6

 S. 7131--B 2

 1 b. All-gender bathrooms may include urinals provided they are enclosed
 2 within individual lockable stalls meeting the privacy standards in para-
 3 graph a of this subdivision.
 4 c. (i) The department shall promulgate or amend regulations to allow
 5 and facilitate the designation, installation, and use of all-gender
 6 bathrooms in any use group as defined in the state building code,
 7 including but not limited to commercial, institutional, educational, and
 8 public facilities.
 9 (ii) All-gender bathrooms shall be permitted in both new construction
 10 and existing structures undergoing repair, renovation, or alteration
 11 work.
 12 (iii) Standards developed pursuant to this subdivision shall include
 13 requirements for signage and wayfinding standards to ensure clear iden-
 14 tification of all-gender bathrooms while maintaining inclusivity and
 15 accessibility.
 16 d. For the purposes of this subdivision, "all-gender bathrooms" shall
 17 mean multi-fixture toilet rooms with separate, lo