Assembly Bill A6668

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires certain mass transit providers to provide an additional gender option on systems used for reservations, ticketing and check-in in order to accurately reflect a traveler's gender

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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-A6668 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6974
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §128, Gen Bus L

2023-A6668 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires any entity doing business in this state and engaged in the business of mass-transportation of the general public on an airplane, railroad train, bus or cruise ship to update its reservation, ticketing and check-in website applications to include an additional gender marker option to allow travelers to select their gender based on self-attestation, regardless of the sex assigned at birth; provides exceptions.

2023-A6668 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6668
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   certain  mass transit providers to provide an additional gender option
   on systems used for reservations, ticketing and check-in in  order  to
   accurately reflect a traveler's gender
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 128 to read as follows:
   § 128. TICKETING GENDER OPTIONS. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW,  RULE  OR
 REGULATION  TO  THE  CONTRARY, NO LATER THAN JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FOUR, ANY ENTITY DOING BUSINESS IN THIS STATE AND ENGAGED IN  THE
 BUSINESS  OF  MASS-TRANSPORTATION  OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON AN AIRPLANE,
 RAILROAD TRAIN, BUS OR CRUISE SHIP SHALL UPDATE ITS RESERVATION, TICKET-
 ING AND CHECK-IN WEBSITE APPLICATIONS TO INCLUDE  AN  ADDITIONAL  GENDER
 MARKER  OPTION  TO  ALLOW TRANSGENDER, GENDER NON-BINARY AND GENDER NON-
 CONFORMING TRAVELERS TO SELECT THEIR GENDER BASED  ON  SELF-ATTESTATION,
 REGARDLESS  OF  THE  SEX ASSIGNED AT BIRTH. THE ADDITIONAL GENDER OPTION
 MAY BE SPECIFIED AS "UNSPECIFIED", "UNDISCLOSED" OR "X", OR ANY COMBINA-
 TION THEREOF.
   2. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO:
   A. ANY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY;
   B. ANY ENTITY PROVIDING PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES;
   C. ANY ENTITY PROVIDING MASS-TRANSPORTATION CITY BUS SERVICES; OR
   D. ANY ENTITY PROVIDING MASS-TRANSPORTATION SERVICES  TO  THE  GENERAL
 PUBLIC  THAT  DO NOT REQUIRE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO MAKE A RESERVATION
 OR PURCHASE A TICKET IN ADVANCE TO UTILIZE THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08278-01-3

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