Assembly Bill A32

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires all municipalities to update all applicable forms and data systems to include a gender "x" option

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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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2025-A32 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:
Add §79-r, Civ Rts L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A8241

2025-A32 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all municipalities that collect demographic information about a person's gender or sex to update all applicable forms and data systems to include a gender "x" option.

2025-A32 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    32
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BURDICK, LEVENBERG, SEAWRIGHT, EPSTEIN, GONZA-
   LEZ-ROJAS, GLICK, ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to requiring all muni-
   cipalities to update all applicable forms and data systems to  include
   a gender "x" option
 
   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
 79-r to read as follows:
   § 79-R. COLLECTION OF GENDER OR SEX DESIGNATION INFORMATION BY MUNICI-
 PALITIES.  1. ALL NEW YORK STATE MUNICIPALITIES THAT COLLECT DEMOGRAPHIC
 INFORMATION ABOUT A PERSON'S GENDER OR SEX SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE  TO  THE
 PERSON AT THE POINT OF DATA COLLECTION AN OPTION TO MARK THEIR GENDER OR
 SEX AS "X".
   2.  ALL MUNICIPALITIES SHALL UPDATE ANY APPLICABLE PHYSICAL AND ONLINE
 FORMS OR DATA SYSTEMS IN THE REGULAR COURSE OF BUSINESS  INCLUDING,  BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO:
   (A)  UPDATING PRINTED FORMS TO INCLUDE THE GENDER "X" OPTION WHEN SUCH
 FORMS ARE BEING REORDERED;
   (B)  UPDATING  WEBSITES,  WEBPAGES,  PUBLIC  FACING  ONLINE   INTERNET
 SERVICES  TO  INCLUDE THE GENDER "X" OPTION WHEN SUCH WEBSITES, WEBPAGES
 AND  PUBLIC FACING ONLINE INTERNET SERVICES ARE BEING UPDATED; AND
   (C) UPDATING ANY LINKS  OR  OTHER  FORMS  OF  SHARING  WHEN  WEBSITES,
 WEBPAGES  OR  OTHER  PUBLIC  FACING  ONLINE  INTERNET SERVICES ARE BEING
 UPDATED TO REFLECT FORMS THAT HAVE THE GENDER "X" OPTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00024-01-5

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