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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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Assembly Bill A5969
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BURDICK
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
co-Sponsors
Amy Paulin
Harvey Epstein
Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas
Inez E. Dickens
multi-Sponsors
Sandy Galef
2021-A5969 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Governmental Operations
- Law Section:
- Civil Rights Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§61, 63 & 64-a, Civ Rts L
- Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
-
A7197
2021-A5969 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5969 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 3, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to court recognition of a change of gender THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 61 of the civil rights law are renumbered subdivisions 5 and 6 and three new subdivisions 2, 3 and 4 are added to read as follows: 2. THE PETITION TO CHANGE A PETITIONER'S NAME MAY ALSO REQUEST THAT THE COURT RECOGNIZE AND DIRECT A CHANGE IN THE PETITIONER'S GENDER. SUCH REQUEST SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED, A) BY AN AFFIDAVIT FROM THE PETITION- ER, WHICH AFFIDAVIT SHALL BE ACCEPTED AS CONCLUSIVE PROOF OF GENDER CHANGE IF IT CONTAINS SUBSTANTIALLY THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE: "I, (PETITIONER'S FULL NAME), HEREBY ATTEST UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY THAT THE REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN GENDER TO (FEMALE, MALE, OR NONBINARY) IS TO CONFORM MY LEGAL GENDER TO MY GENDER IDENTITY AND IS NOT FOR ANY FRAUDU- LENT PURPOSE"; AND B) CERTIFICATION BY A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL WHO HAS TREATED THE PETITIONER IN THE FOLLOWING FORM: "I, (PHYSICIAN'S FULL NAME), (PHYSICIAN'S MEDICAL LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE NUMBER), (ISSUING U.S. STATE/FOREIGN COUNTRY OF MEDICAL LICENSE/CERTIFICATE), AM THE PHYSICIAN OF (NAME OF PATIENT), WITH WHOM I HAVE A DOCTOR/PATIENT RELATIONSHIP AND WHOM I HAVE TREATED (OR WITH WHOM I HAVE A DOCTOR/PATIENT RELATIONSHIP AND WHOSE MEDICAL HISTORY I HAVE REVIEWED AND EVALUATED). (NAME OF PATIENT) HAS HAD APPROPRIATE CLINICAL TREATMENT FOR GENDER TRANSITION TO THE NEW GENDER (SPECIFY MALE OR FEMALE). I DECLARE UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES THAT THE FOREGOING IS TRUE AND CORRECT. (SIGNATURE) (TYPED NAME) (DATE)". EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09083-02-1
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