Assembly Bill A5785

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Suspends all unnecessary travel to states that have discriminatory laws for access to women's reproductive health services

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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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2023-A5785 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2397
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §170-g, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S7363

2023-A5785 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Suspends all unnecessary travel to states that have discriminatory laws for access to women's reproductive health services, including but not limited to, limitations on access to abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.

2023-A5785 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5785
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to suspending all  unnec-
   essary  travel  to  states that have discriminatory laws for access to
   reproductive health services

   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-g
 to read as follows:
   § 170-G. STATE-FUNDED AND STATE-SPONSORED TRAVEL.  1.  NOTWITHSTANDING
 ANY  LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, ALL AGENCIES, DEPARTMENTS,
 BOARDS, DIVISIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS SHALL REVIEW ALL REQUESTS
 FOR STATE-FUNDED OR STATE-SPONSORED TRAVEL TO A STATE THAT, AFTER  JANU-
 ARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, HAVE DISCRIMINATORY LAWS FOR ACCESS
 TO  REPRODUCTIVE  HEALTH SERVICES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LIMITA-
 TIONS ON ACCESS TO ABORTIONS AFTER SIX WEEKS OF PREGNANCY.
   2. ANY SUCH PUBLICLY FUNDED OR PUBLICLY SPONSORED  TRAVEL  TO  SUCH  A
 LOCATION,  UNLESS  SUCH  TRAVEL  IS NECESSARY FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF NEW
 YORK STATE LAW, TO  MEET  PRIOR  CONTRACTUAL  OBLIGATIONS,  OR  FOR  THE
 PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE, AND SAFETY, OR IS OTHERWISE IN THE
 INTEREST OF THE STATE, IS SUSPENDED.
   3.  THE  ATTORNEY  GENERAL  SHALL DEVELOP, MAINTAIN, AND POST ON THEIR
 WEBSITE A CURRENT LIST OF STATES THAT, AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FOUR, HAVE DISCRIMINATORY LAWS FOR ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE  HEALTH
 SERVICES,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  LIMITATIONS  ON  ACCESS TO
 ABORTIONS AFTER SIX WEEKS OF PREGNANCY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07113-01-3

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