Senate Bill S8195

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires an X gender marker to be included in certain documents utilized by state agencies, public authorities and municipalities

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S8195 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §170-f, Exec L; add §99-y, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S1110

2021-S8195 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires an "X" gender marker to be included in documents that request that a person identify their gender or sex utilized by state agencies, public authorities and municipalities.

2021-S8195 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8195 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8195
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 1, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law and  the  general  municipal  law,  in
   relation  to  requiring an "X" gender marker to be included in certain
   documents utilized by state agencies, public authorities  and  munici-
   palities

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  170-f
 to read as follows:
   §  170-F.  GENDER  MARKERS  IN  STATE AND MUNICIPAL FORMS. ANY FORM OR
 PREPRINTED DOCUMENT UTILIZED BY A STATE AGENCY OR PUBLIC AUTHORITY OR BY
 A MUNICIPALITY THAT REQUESTS THAT A PERSON IDENTIFY THEIR GENDER OR  SEX
 SHALL  INCLUDE,  IN  ADDITION  TO MALE AND FEMALE GENDER MARKERS, AN "X"
 GENDER MARKER TO BE AVAILABLE FOR UTILIZATION BY ANY  PERSON  COMPLETING
 THE FORM WHO DOES NOT IDENTIFY AS MALE OR FEMALE. ANY FORM OR PREPRINTED
 DOCUMENT  REQUESTING THAT A PERSON IDENTIFY THEIR GENDER OR SEX SHALL BE
 AMENDED NO LATER  THAN  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE  TO
 INCLUDE SUCH "X" GENDER MARKER.
   § 2. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section 99-y
 to read as follows:
   §  99-Y.  GENDER  MARKERS  IN  MUNICIPAL FORMS. ANY FORM OR PREPRINTED
 DOCUMENT UTILIZED BY A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION THAT REQUESTS THAT A PERSON
 IDENTIFY THEIR GENDER OR SEX SHALL INCLUDE,  IN  ADDITION  TO  MALE  AND
 FEMALE GENDER MARKERS, AN "X" GENDER MARKER TO BE AVAILABLE FOR UTILIZA-
 TION  BY ANY PERSON COMPLETING THE FORM WHO DOES NOT IDENTIFY AS MALE OR
 FEMALE. THE GOVERNING BOARD OF EACH MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION  SHALL  AMEND
 ANY  FORM OR PREPRINTED DOCUMENT REQUESTING THAT A PERSON IDENTIFY THEIR
 GENDER OR SEX NO LATER THAN JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE  TO
 INCLUDE SUCH "X" GENDER MARKER.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10802-02-2

              

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