New York S 2665: Relates to requiring gender neutral bathrooms in state-owned buildings

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S02665 Summary:

BILL NOS02665 

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SPONSORSALAZAR

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COSPNSRFERNANDEZ

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Amd §145, Pub Bldg L

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Relates to requiring gender neutral bathrooms in state-owned buildings; provides that if no single-occupancy bathroom can be designated as gender neutral in a state-owned building, a multiple-occupancy bathroom shall be designated as gender neutral instead; requires state-owned and state-leased buildings to provide adequate notice regarding gender neutral bathrooms.

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BILL NOS02665 

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01/22/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2665

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
 ment Operations

 AN ACT to amend the public buildings law, in relation to requiring
 gender neutral bathrooms in state-owned buildings

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

 1 Section 1. The section heading of section 145 of the public buildings
 2 law, as amended by chapter 14 of the laws of 2020, is amended, subdivi-
 3 sion 1 is amended by adding a new paragraph (e), and two new subdivi-
 4 sions 3 and 4 are added to read as follows:
 5 Gender neutral [single-occupancy] bathrooms.
 6 (e) "multiple-occupancy bathroom" means a room or suite of rooms
 7 containing at least one sink and at least two sanitary fixtures, such as
 8 toilets or urinals, intended for simultaneous use by two or more occu-
 9 pants.
 10 3. If no single-occupancy bathroom can be designated as gender neutral
 11 in a state-owned building, a multiple-occupancy bathroom shall be desig-
 12 nated as gender neutral instead.
 13 4. Adequate notice shall be provided in every state-owned and state-
 14 leased building so that all persons can reasonably find bathrooms that
 15 have been designated as gender neutral.
 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 17 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00588-02-5

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