Assembly Bill A7170B

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits discrimination on the basis of a person's height or weight in opportunities of employment, housing, and access to public accommodations

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  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A7170 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2440
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§292, 296, 296-a & 296-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8316, S8153

2023-A7170 - Summary

Prohibits discrimination on the basis of a person's height or weight in opportunities of employment, housing, and access to public accommodations.

2023-A7170 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7170
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting  discrimi-
   nation on the basis of a person's height or weight in opportunities of
   employment, housing, and access to public accommodations

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (h) of subdivision  1  of
 section  296 of the executive law, as separately amended by chapters 202
 and 748 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
   (a) For an employer or licensing agency, because  of  an  individual's
 age,  race,  creed,  color,  national origin, citizenship or immigration
 status, sexual orientation,  gender  identity  or  expression,  military
 status, sex, HEIGHT, WEIGHT, disability, predisposing genetic character-
 istics, familial status, marital status, or status as a victim of domes-
 tic violence, to refuse to hire or employ or to bar or to discharge from
 employment such individual or to discriminate against such individual in
 compensation or in terms, conditions or privileges of employment.
   (b)  For  an  employment agency to discriminate against any individual
 because of age, race, creed,  color,  national  origin,  citizenship  or
 immigration  status,  sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
 military status, sex, HEIGHT, WEIGHT, disability,  predisposing  genetic
 characteristics,  familial status, marital status, or status as a victim
 of domestic violence, in receiving, classifying, disposing or  otherwise
 acting  upon  applications for its services or in referring an applicant
 or applicants to an employer or employers.
   (c) For a labor organization, because of the age, race, creed,  color,
 national  origin, citizenship or immigration status, sexual orientation,
 gender identity or expression, military  status,  sex,  HEIGHT,  WEIGHT,
 disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, familial status, mari-
 tal  status, or status as a victim of domestic violence, of any individ-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06818-01-3
              

co-Sponsors

2023-A7170A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2440
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§292, 296, 296-a & 296-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8316, S8153

2023-A7170A - Summary

Prohibits discrimination on the basis of a person's height or weight in opportunities of employment, housing, and access to public accommodations.

2023-A7170A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7170--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting  discrimi-
   nation on the basis of a person's height or weight in opportunities of
   employment, housing, and access to public accommodations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (h) of subdivision  1  of
 section  296 of the executive law, as separately amended by chapters 202
 and 748 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
   (a) For an employer or licensing agency, because  of  an  individual's
 age,  race,  creed,  color,  national origin, citizenship or immigration
 status, sexual orientation,  gender  identity  or  expression,  military
 status, sex, HEIGHT, WEIGHT, disability, predisposing genetic character-
 istics, familial status, marital status, or status as a victim of domes-
 tic violence, to refuse to hire or employ or to bar or to discharge from
 employment such individual or to discriminate against such individual in
 compensation or in terms, conditions or privileges of employment.
   (b)  For  an  employment agency to discriminate against any individual
 because of age, race, creed,  color,  national  origin,  citizenship  or
 immigration  status,  sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
 military status, sex, HEIGHT, WEIGHT, disability,  predisposing  genetic
 characteristics,  familial status, marital status, or status as a victim
 of domestic violence, in receiving, classifying, disposing or  otherwise
 acting  upon  applications for its services or in referring an applicant
 or applicants to an employer or employers.
   (c) For a labor organization, because of the age, race, creed,  color,
 national  origin, citizenship or immigration status, sexual orientation,
 gender identity or expression, military  status,  sex,  HEIGHT,  WEIGHT,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06818-03-3
              

co-Sponsors

2023-A7170B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2440
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§292, 296, 296-a & 296-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8316, S8153

2023-A7170B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits discrimination on the basis of a person's height or weight in opportunities of employment, housing, and access to public accommodations.

2023-A7170B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7170--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, WALLACE -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Governmental Operations --  committee  discharged,
   bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
   committee -- recommitted to the Committee on  Governmental  Operations
   in  accordance  with  Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,
   bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
   committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to prohibiting discrimi-
   nation on the basis of a person's height or weight in opportunities of
   employment, housing, and access to public accommodations
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (h) of subdivision 1 of
 section 296 of the executive law, as separately amended by chapters  202
 and 748 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  For  an  employer or licensing agency, because of an individual's
 age, race, creed, color, national  origin,  citizenship  or  immigration
 status,  sexual  orientation,  gender  identity  or expression, military
 status, sex, HEIGHT, WEIGHT, disability, predisposing genetic character-
 istics, familial status, marital status, or status as a victim of domes-
 tic violence, to refuse to hire or employ or to bar or to discharge from
 employment such individual or to discriminate against such individual in
 compensation or in terms, conditions or privileges of employment.
   (b) For an employment agency to discriminate  against  any  individual
 because  of  age,  race,  creed,  color, national origin, citizenship or
 immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity  or  expression,
 military  status,  sex, HEIGHT, WEIGHT, disability, predisposing genetic
 characteristics, familial status, marital status, or status as a  victim
 of  domestic violence, in receiving, classifying, disposing or otherwise
 acting upon applications for its services or in referring  an  applicant
 or applicants to an employer or employers.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06818-04-4
              

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