NY State Senate Bill 2019-S4091

Senate Bill S4091

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides that no person shall because of their sex be subjected to any discrimination in his or her civil rights

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Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 14, 2020	to attorney-general for opinion
Jan 08, 2020	referred to judiciary
Mar 28, 2019	opinion referred to judiciary
Mar 08, 2019	to attorney-general for opinion
Feb 27, 2019	referred to judiciary

2019-S4091 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Judiciary
Law Section:: Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:: Amd Art 1 §11, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S3489
2011-2012: S2920
2013-2014: S707
2015-2016: S1919
2017-2018: S2354

2019-S4091 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that no person shall because of sex be subjected to any discrimination in his or her civil rights by any other person or by any firm, corporation, or institution, or by the state or any agency or subdivision of the state.

2019-S4091 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4091

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:  CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
proposing an amendment to section 11 of article 1 of the constitution,
in relation to equal protection of laws

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This establishes an Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the New York State
Constitution to insure that no person in the State of New York will be
denied equal protection of the laws based on the sex of the person.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Adds the category of "sex" to the protected categories of section 11 of
article 1 to the New York State Constitution.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Only a constitutional amendment will guarantee that women and men are
treated equally under the law. Further, a constitutional amendment will
require that the courts of New York use a strict scrutiny standard when
reviewing cases of sex discrimination. In the 21st century, in New York,
it is inconceivable that women do not have the constitutional protection
of being treated equally under the law.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-18: S2354 - OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
2015-16: S.199 - Opinion Referred to Judiciary
2013-14: S.707 - Opinion Referred to Judiciary
2011-12: S.2920 - Died in the Judiciary
2010: S.3489/A.1642 - Died on Third Reading/Died in Assembly Judiciary
2009: S.3489/A.1642 - Died in Senate Judiciary/Died in Assembly Judici-
ary
2007:08: A.1267/5.1764 - Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
Referred to Senate
2005-06: A.3465/S.1864 Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee.
Referred to Senate
2003-04: A.11831 Referred to Judiciary

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Minimal, if any.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
RESOLVED (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendments be
referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and,
conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be
published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.

2019-S4091 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4091
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 27, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing an amendment to section 11 of article 1 of  the  constitution,
   in relation to equal protection of laws

   Section 1. RESOLVED (if the Assembly concur), That section 11 of arti-
 cle 1 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   §  11.  No  person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws of
 this state or any subdivision thereof. No person shall, because of race,
 color, SEX, creed or religion, be subjected to any discrimination in his
 or her civil rights by any other person or by any firm, corporation,  or
 institution, or by the state or any agency or subdivision of the state.
   §  2.  RESOLVED (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment
 be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
 next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
 conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD89109-01-9

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