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Senate Bill S4620
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 10th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations 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
Actions
2019-S4620 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Investigations And Government Operations
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§292 & 296, Exec L
2019-S4620 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4620 SPONSOR: SANDERS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to expanding the scope of unlawful discriminatory practices to include public educational institutions PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of the bill is to extend the anti-discrimination protections of Article 15 of the Executive Law ("Human Rights Law") to cover public as well as private schools. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill would add a new § 292.35 to the Executive Law to define "educational institution" to include language currently in Execu- tive Law § 296.4, which prohibits discrimination in an "education corpo- ration or association which holds itself out to the public to be nonsec- tarian and exempt from taxation pursuant to the provisions of article four of the real property tax law," and to expand the definition to
2019-S4620 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4620 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 15, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- 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 executive law, in relation to expanding the scope of unlawful discriminatory practices to include public educational insti- tutions THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 292 of the executive law is amended by adding a new subdivision 36 to read as follows: 36. THE TERM "EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION" SHALL MEAN: (A) ANY EDUCATION CORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION WHICH HOLDS ITSELF OUT TO THE PUBLIC TO BE NON-SECTARIAN AND EXEMPT FROM TAXATION PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE FOUR OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW; OR (B) ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL, INCLUDING ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPER- ATIVE EDUCATION SERVICES, PUBLIC COLLEGE OR PUBLIC UNIVERSITY. § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 296 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 4. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an [education corporation or association which holds itself out to the public to be non-sectarian and exempt from taxation pursuant to the provisions of article four of the real property tax law] EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION to deny the use of its facilities to any person otherwise qualified, or to permit the harassment of any student or applicant, by reason of his race, color, religion, disability, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military status, sex, age or marital status, except that any such institution which establishes or maintains a policy of educating persons of one sex exclusively may admit students of only one sex. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04790-02-9
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