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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Senate Bill S1283
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 19th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Women's Issues Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) 34th Senate District
(D, WF) 41st Senate District
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
(D, WF) 31st Senate District
2025-S1283 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Women's Issues
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §267-c, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2019-2020:
S6879
2021-2022: S104
2023-2024: S931
2025-S1283 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1283 SPONSOR: PERSAUD TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting virginity examinations PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of the bill is to prevent the performance of examinations on women that purport to ascertain whether a woman has previously had vagi- nal intercourse. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill adds the legislative intent; to recognize that gynecological examinations used to determine virginity in a female has no significant merit, are not medically indicated, and cause psycholog- ical and physical trauma for the recipient. Health care practitioners of NYS should be prohibited from conducting or supervising these examina- tions.
2025-S1283 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1283 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PERSAUD, FERNANDEZ, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Women's Issues AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting virginity examinations THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative intent: Virginity examinations are gynecologi- cal examinations of the female genitalia purported to establish whether a female has had vaginal intercourse by correlating the absence of the hymen or vaginal wall laxity with sexual activity. Reproductive experts contend that there is no scientific merit or clinical indication for this type of examination, as these characteristics do not definitively prove that a female has had intercourse. Experts also note that there are significant adverse psychological and physical consequences for individuals who have been subjected to these tests. Numerous organiza- tions, including the World Health Organization, United Nations Human Rights Office, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and International Society for Sexual Medicine have called for the elimi- nation of virginity examinations as they are not medically indicated or valid procedures, and their performance violates the human rights of the individual subject to the test. It is the intent of the legislature to recognize that gynecological examinations purported to determine whether a female has had vaginal intercourse have no scientific merit, are not medically indicated, and cause psychological and physical trauma for the recipient; and as such, health care practitioners licensed by and prac- ticing in the state of New York should be prohibited from conducting or supervising these examinations. § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 267-c to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03315-01-5 S. 1283 2
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