New York A 32: Requires all municipalities to update all applicable forms and data systems to include a gender "x" option

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A00032 Summary:

BILL NOA00032 

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SAME ASSAME AS S09996

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SPONSORBurdick

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COSPNSRLevenberg, Seawright, Epstein, Gonzalez-Rojas, Glick, Rosenthal, Shimsky

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §79-r, Civ Rts L

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Requires all municipalities that collect demographic information about a person's gender or sex to update all applicable forms and data systems to include a gender "x" option.

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BILL NOA00032 

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01/08/2025referred to governmental operations

02/25/2025reported referred to ways and means

01/07/2026referred to ways and means

Go to topA00032 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS Chair:McDonald 
DATE:02/25/2025AYE/NAY:8/5 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means McDonaldAyeBeephanNay

GlickAyeSimpsonNay

KimAyeNovakhovNay

Bichotte HermelExcusedNorberNay

WilliamsNay

RagaAye

SimoneAye

ShimskyAye

KassayAye

BurroughsAye

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Go to topA00032 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 32

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BURDICK, LEVENBERG, SEAWRIGHT, EPSTEIN, GONZA-
 LEZ-ROJAS, GLICK, ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to requiring all muni-
 cipalities to update all applicable forms and data systems to include
 a gender "x" option

 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-r to read as follows:
 3 § 79-r. Collection of gender or sex designation information by munici-
 4 palities. 1. All New York state municipalities that collect demographic
 5 information about a person's gender or sex shall make available to the
 6 person at the point of data collection an option to mark their gender or
 7 sex as "x".
 8 2. All municipalities shall update any applicable physical and online
 9 forms or data systems in the regular course of business including, but
 10 not limited to:
 11 (a) updating printed forms to include the gender "x" option when such
 12 forms are being reordered;
 13 (b) updating websites, webpages, public facing online internet
 14 services to include the gender "x" option when such websites, webpages
 15 and public facing online internet services are being updated; and
 16 (c) updating any links or other forms of sharing when websites,
 17 webpages or other public facing online internet services are being
 18 updated to reflect forms that have the gender "x" option.
 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00024-01-5

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