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Senate Bill S506
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Children And Families Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
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2015-S506 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S506 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S506
TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the domestic relations law, in
relation to the custody of children
PURPOSE OF BILL : To prevent a judge from considering a parent's
option to undergo gender reassignment when making a determination in a
child custody case.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :
Section 240 of the domestic relations law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 6 which states that in a case involving the custody of a
child, the judge shall not prohibit a parent from undergoing
reassignment as a condition of receiving custody.
JUSTIFICATION : Gender or Sex reassignment surgery is a term for the
surgical procedures by which a person's physical appearance and
function of their existing sexual characteristics are changed to that
of the other sex. It is part of a treatment for gender identity
disorder in transsexual and transgender people. In most jurisdictions,
people interested in undergoing gender reassignment are required to
undergo a minimum duration of psychological evaluation. It is only
after one receives psychological approval that they can go ahead with
the surgery. Unfortunately, cases have been brought to our attention,
where a judge has, in a divorce proceeding, categorically denied a
2015-S506 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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506
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 7, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families
AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to the custody
of children
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 240 of the domestic relations law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
6. IN ANY CASE INVOLVING THE CUSTODY OF THE CHILD, WHEN MAKING A
DETERMINATION AS TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD, THE JUDGE SHALL NOT
PROHIBIT A PARENT FROM UNDERGOING GENDER REASSIGNMENT AS A CONDITION OF
RECEIVING CUSTODY.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01846-01-5
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