Assembly Bill A4669

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires information concerning services for human trafficking victims to be provided in lactation rooms in Port Authority bus terminals

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Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor

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    • 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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2023-A4669 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4267
Law Section:
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Laws Affected:
Amd Art IV, §1 of Chap 154 of 1921
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A10709

2023-A4669 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires information concerning services for human trafficking victims to be provided in lactation rooms in Port Authority bus terminals.

2023-A4669 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4669
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 22, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend chapter 154 of the laws of 1921, relating to the port
   authority of New York and New Jersey, in relation to providing  infor-
   mation  concerning services for human trafficking victims in lactation
   rooms in Port Authority bus terminals
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph 6 of paragraph f of subdivision 3 of article
 IV of section 1 of chapter 154 of the laws of 1921,   relating   to  the
 port  authority  of  New York and New Jersey, as added by chapter 390 of
 the  laws  of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   (6) information concerning services for human trafficking  victims  in
 port authority bus terminals. 1. Any bus terminal maintained or operated
 by  the  port  authority  shall  make  available  in plain view and in a
 conspicuous place and manner in the public restrooms AND IN  ANY  LACTA-
 TION ROOMS, 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.
   2. All informational cards and signs shall  only  contain  information
 concerning  services for human trafficking victims and shall prominently
 include the national human trafficking hotline telephone number.
   3. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "LACTATION ROOM" SHALL MEAN A HYGIEN-
 IC PLACE, OTHER THAN A RESTROOM, THAT: (A) IS SHIELDED FROM VIEW; (B) IS
 FREE FROM INTRUSION; (C) CONTAINS A CHAIR, A WORKING  SURFACE,  AND,  IF
 THE  BUILDING  IS  OTHERWISE    SUPPLIED WITH ELECTRICITY, AN ELECTRICAL
 OUTLET; AND (D) IS INTENDED TO  BE  USED  FOR  THE  PRIMARY  PURPOSE  OF
 BREASTFEEDING OR EXPRESSING BREAST MILK.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the
 state of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with  this
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04546-01-3

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