Assembly Bill A4265

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires information concerning services for human trafficking victims to be made available in lactation rooms in commercial service airports

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

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2023-A4265 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6214
Law Section:
Transportation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §14-n, Transp L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A10685

2023-A4265 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires information concerning services for human trafficking victims to be made available in lactation rooms in commercial service airports.

2023-A4265 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4265
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to requiring infor-
   mation concerning services for human trafficking victims  to  be  made
   available in lactation rooms in commercial service airports

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 and paragraphs (d), (e) and (f)  of  subdivi-
 sion  4  of  section 14-n of the transportation law, as added by chapter
 389 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
   1. The operator of a commercial service airport and the operator of  a
 general  aviation  airport  shall make available in the public restrooms
 AND IN ANY LACTATION ROOMS, in plain view and in a conspicuous place and
 manner, informational cards and/or signs developed by:
   (a) the office of temporary and disability assistance in  consultation
 with the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking; or
   (b) the United States Department of Homeland Security.
   (d)  "LACTATION  ROOM" SHALL MEAN A HYGIENIC PLACE, OTHER THAN A REST-
 ROOM, THAT IS: (I) SHIELDED FROM VIEW; (II) FREE FROM  INTRUSION;  (III)
 CONTAINS  A  CHAIR, A WORKING SURFACE, AND, IF THE BUILDING IS OTHERWISE
 SUPPLIED WITH ELECTRICITY, AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET; AND (IV) INTENDED TO BE
 USED FOR THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF BREASTFEEDING OR EXPRESSING BREAST MILK;
   (E) "passenger boardings" shall mean revenue  passenger  boardings  in
 the  prior  calendar  year on an aircraft in service in air commerce, as
 the United States  secretary  of  transportation  determines,  including
 passengers  who  continue  on  an  aircraft in international flight that
 stops at an airport in the state for a nontraffic purpose;
   [(e)] (F) "public airport" means an airport used  or  intended  to  be
 used  for public purposes: (i) that is under the control of the state, a
 county, city, town, or village or a state or local authority;  and  (ii)
 of  which  the  area used or intended to be used for the landing, taking
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04543-01-3

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