Senate Bill S4267

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 Via A4669 - Signed by Governor

  • 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-S4267 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4669
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-S4267 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2023-S4267 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4267 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4267
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 7, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBB  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Women's Issues
 
 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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