Assembly Bill A1031

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits religious discrimination in recreational water parks

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-A1031 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:
Add §40-h, Civ Rts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A6591
2021-2022: A4476
2023-2024: A3931

2025-A1031 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the discrimination of persons based on their religious attire in recreational water parks, including, but not limited to, beaches, lakes, pools and other water facilities operated on land or water for recreational use.

2025-A1031 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1031
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS, FALL, SAYEGH, COLTON, EPSTEIN, COOK, CRUZ,
   REYES,  EICHENSTEIN, WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend  the  civil  rights  law,  in  relation  to  prohibiting
   discrimination in recreational water parks due to religious attire

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The civil rights law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
 40-h to read as follows:
   §  40-H.  RELIGIOUS  DISCRIMINATION  AT  RECREATIONAL  WATER PARKS. NO
 PERSON, AGENCY, BUREAU, CORPORATION OR  ASSOCIATION,  BEING  THE  OWNER,
 LESSEE,  PROPRIETOR,  MANAGER,  SUPERINTENDENT, AGENT OR EMPLOYEE OF ANY
 RECREATIONAL WATER PARK AS DEFINED IN THIS  SECTION  SHALL  REQUIRE  ANY
 PERSON  TO  VIOLATE  OR FORGO A SINCERELY HELD PRACTICE OF SUCH PERSON'S
 RELIGION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WEARING OF ANY ATTIRE, CLOTH-
 ING INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MODESTY SWIMSUITS OR FULL BODY  SWIM-
 SUITS,  OR  FACIAL  HAIR  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH
 PERSON'S RELIGION.
   RECREATIONAL WATER PARK WITHIN  THE  MEANING  OF  THIS  SECTION  SHALL
 INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE LIMITED TO, BEACHES, LAKES, POOLS AND OTHER WATER
 FACILITIES, OPERATED ON LAND OR WATER FOR RECREATIONAL USE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00397-01-5

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