New York S 2444: Relates to the right to breast feed

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S02444 Summary:

BILL NOS02444 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11581

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SPONSORFERNANDEZ

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COSPNSRBROUK

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §79-e, Civ Rts L

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Makes certain terms gender neutral in provisions regarding the right to breast feed.

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BILL NOS02444 

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01/17/2025REFERRED TO CODES

04/09/20251ST REPORT CAL.677

04/10/20252ND REPORT CAL.

04/15/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/28/2025PASSED SENATE

05/28/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/28/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

04/21/20261ST REPORT CAL.799

04/22/20262ND REPORT CAL.

04/27/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/01/2026PASSED SENATE

06/01/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/01/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2444

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 17, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- 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 the right to breast
 feed

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

 1 Section 1. Section 79-e of the civil rights law, as added by chapter
 2 98 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 79-e. Right to breast feed. Notwithstanding any other provision of
 4 law, a [mother] person may breast feed [her] their baby in any location,
 5 public or private, where the [mother] person is otherwise authorized to
 6 be, irrespective of whether or not the nipple of the [mother's] person's
 7 breast is covered during or incidental to the breast feeding.
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05184-01-5

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