New York S 9996: Requires all municipalities to update all applicable forms and data systems to include a gender "x" option

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S09996 Summary:

BILL NOS09996 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00032

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SPONSORBOTTCHER

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COSPNSR

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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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04/21/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9996

 IN SENATE

 April 21, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BOTTCHER -- 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 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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