New York A 8053: Provides for temporary exemptions to educational institutions from certain requirements related to the multi-occupancy bathrooms and locker rooms; and authorizes funding for related improvements

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A08053 Summary:

BILL NOA08053 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBarclay

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COSPNSRBlankenbush, Gray, Durso

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §296, Exec L

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Provides for temporary exemptions to educational institutions from certain requirements related to the use of multi-occupancy bathrooms and locker rooms; authorizes the use of state building aid for related facility improvements.

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BILL NOA08053 

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04/22/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8053

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BARCLAY, BLANKENBUSH, GRAY -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to providing for tempo-
 rary exemptions to educational institutions from certain requirements
 related to the use of multi-occupancy bathrooms and locker rooms and
 to authorizing the use of state building aid for related facility
 improvements

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. It is the intent of the Legislature to
 2 ensure that all students in New York State educational institutions have
 3 access to private, inclusive, and comfortable bathroom and locker room
 4 facilities. This act provides that all educational institutions in the
 5 state of New York shall be exempt from the requirement to permit the use
 6 of multi-occupancy bathrooms and locker rooms until such facilities are
 7 converted, renovated, or newly constructed to ensure a private, inclu-
 8 sive, and comfortable environment for all students.
 9 § 2. Section 296 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 10 subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
 11 4-a. (a) For the purposes of this subdivision, the following terms
 12 shall have the following meanings:
 13 (i) "Educational institution" means any public school district, char-
 14 ter school, board of cooperative educational services, or other entity
 15 authorized to provide kindergarten through twelfth grade public educa-
 16 tion in the state.
 17 (ii) "Multi-occupancy bathroom or locker room" means a facility
 18 designed for simultaneous use by more than one individual and customar-
 19 ily designated for use based on gender.
 20 (iii) "Private, inclusive, and comfortable space" means a bathroom or
 21 locker room facility designed to allow all students access to privacy

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11678-02-5

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 1 and inclusivity regardless of gender identity or expression, including
 2 but not limited to single-occupancy or individually partitioned spaces.
 3 (iv) "Transgender" means a person whose gender identity differs from
 4 the gender identity typically associated with the sex they were assigned
 5 at birth.
 6 (b)(i) All educational institutions in the state shall be temporarily
 7 exempt from any state-imposed requirement pursuant to subdivision four
 8 of this section related to allowing unrestricted use of multi-occupancy
 9 bathrooms and locker rooms by transgender students until such time as
 10 the relevant facilities are converted, renovated, or newly constructed
 11 to provide private, inclusive, and comfortable spaces for all students.
 12 (ii) This exemption shall remain in effect for each institution until
 13 the completion of the institution's necessary facility modifications as
 14 described in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph.
 15 (c)(i) School districts and other educational institutions shall be
 16 eligible for state building aid pursuant to subdivision six of section
 17 three thousand six hundred two of the education law to support the costs
 18 of converting, renovating, or constructing bathroom and locker room
 19 facilities to provide private, inclusive, and comfortable spaces for all
 20 students.
 21 (ii) The commissioner of education shall provide guidance on eligible
 22 expens