Assembly Bill A805

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring gender neutral bathrooms in state-owned buildings

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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
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A805 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2665
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Buildings Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §145, Pub Bldg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A10652
2023-2024: A523, S7844

2025-A805 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring gender neutral bathrooms in state-owned buildings; provides that if no single-occupancy bathroom can be designated as gender neutral in a state-owned building, a multiple-occupancy bathroom shall be designated as gender neutral instead; requires state-owned and state-leased buildings to provide adequate notice regarding gender neutral bathrooms.

2025-A805 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    805
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  EPSTEIN,  RAGA, LEVENBERG, BURDICK, SHIMSKY,
   REYES, SIMONE, TAPIA, GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred to  the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  buildings law, in relation to requiring
   gender neutral bathrooms in state-owned buildings
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The section heading of section 145 of the public buildings
 law, as amended by chapter 14 of the laws of 2020, is amended,  subdivi-
 sion  1  is  amended by adding a new paragraph (e), and two new subdivi-
 sions 3 and 4 are added to read as follows:
   Gender neutral [single-occupancy] bathrooms.
   (E) "MULTIPLE-OCCUPANCY BATHROOM" MEANS  A  ROOM  OR  SUITE  OF  ROOMS
 CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE SINK AND AT LEAST TWO SANITARY FIXTURES, SUCH AS
 TOILETS  OR  URINALS, INTENDED FOR SIMULTANEOUS USE BY TWO OR MORE OCCU-
 PANTS.
   3. IF NO SINGLE-OCCUPANCY BATHROOM CAN BE DESIGNATED AS GENDER NEUTRAL
 IN A STATE-OWNED BUILDING, A MULTIPLE-OCCUPANCY BATHROOM SHALL BE DESIG-
 NATED AS GENDER NEUTRAL INSTEAD.
   4. ADEQUATE NOTICE SHALL BE PROVIDED IN EVERY STATE-OWNED  AND  STATE-
 LEASED  BUILDING  SO THAT ALL PERSONS CAN REASONABLY FIND BATHROOMS THAT
 HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS GENDER NEUTRAL.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00588-02-5

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