Assembly Bill A2507

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Expands definition of place of public accommodation

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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
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  • Delivered to Governor
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2013-A2507 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S641
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §292, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4497, S1740
2011-2012: A5359, S1791
2015-2016: A2843, S3195
2017-2018: A3163, S5595
2019-2020: A3971, S3887
2021-2022: A2086, S4217

2013-A2507 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands definition of place of public accommodation, resort or amusement in relation to unlawful discriminatory practices.

2013-A2507 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2507

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 16, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. AUBRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to unlawful discriminato-
  ry practices

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.    Subdivision  9  of section 292 of the executive law, as
amended by chapter 262 of the laws  of  1994,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  9. The term "place of public accommodation, resort or amusement" shall
include,  except  as  hereinafter  specified, all places included in the
meaning of such terms as: inns, taverns, road  houses,  hotels,  motels,
whether  conducted  for the entertainment of transient guests or for the
accommodation of those seeking health, recreation or  rest,  or  restau-
rants, or eating houses, or any place where food is sold for consumption
on  the  premises;  buffets,  saloons,  barrooms,  or any store, park or
enclosure where spirituous or malt liquors are sold; ice cream  parlors,
confectionaries, soda fountains, and all stores where ice cream, ice and
fruit  preparations or their derivatives, or where beverages of any kind
are retailed for consumption  on  the  premises;  wholesale  and  retail
stores  and  establishments  dealing with goods or services of any kind,
dispensaries, clinics, hospitals, bath-houses, swimming pools, laundries
and all other cleaning establishments,  barber  shops,  beauty  parlors,
theatres,  motion  picture houses, airdromes, roof gardens, music halls,
race courses, skating rinks, amusement  and  recreation  parks,  trailer
camps,  resort  camps,  fairs, bowling alleys, golf courses, gymnasiums,
shooting galleries, billiard  and  pool  parlors;  garages,  all  public
conveyances  operated  on  land  or  water or in the air, as well as the
stations and terminals thereof; travel or tour advisory services,  agen-
cies  or  bureaus;  public  halls  and public elevators of buildings and
structures occupied by two or more tenants, or by the owner and  one  or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03595-01-3
              

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