assembly Bill A3358

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits discrimination based on gender identity or expression and includes offenses regarding gender identity or expression under the hate crimes statute

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 07, 2018 referred to investigations and government operations
delivered to senate
passed assembly
Jan 03, 2018 ordered to third reading cal.265
returned to assembly
died in senate
Mar 22, 2017 referred to investigations and government operations
delivered to senate
passed assembly
Mar 09, 2017 advanced to third reading cal.121
Mar 07, 2017 reported
reported referred to codes
Jan 27, 2017 referred to governmental operations

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A3358 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7010
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§291, 292, 295, 296, 296-a & 296-b, Exec L; amd §40-c, Civ Rts L; amd §313, Ed L; amd §§485.00, 485.05, 240.30, 240.31 & 240.00, Pen L; amd §200.50, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5710
2011-2012: A5039
2013-2014: A4226
2015-2016: A4558
2019-2020: A747, S1047

A3358 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits discrimination based on gender identity or expression; defines "gender identity or expression" as having or being perceived as having a gender identity, self image, appearance, behavior or expression whether or not that gender identity, self image, appearance, behavior or expression is different from that traditionally associated with the sex assigned to that person at birth; further includes offenses regarding gender identity or expression within the list of offenses subject to treatment as hate crimes.

A3358 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  3358

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 27, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GOTTFRIED, GLICK, O'DONNELL, TITONE, BRONSON,
  MORELLE, ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, COOK, HEVESI, KAVANAGH,  CAHILL,  ENGLE-
  BRIGHT,  PAULIN,  RYAN,  ABINANTI,  MOYA,  SEPULVEDA,  MOSLEY, ARROYO,
  PICHARDO, ORTIZ, ROZIC, WEPRIN, MAYER, BLAKE, JENNE, STECK,  BICHOTTE,
  HUNTER, HARRIS, CARROLL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. AUBRY, BENE-
  DETTO, BRAUNSTEIN, BUCHWALD, DenDEKKER, FAHY, FARRELL, GALEF, GUNTHER,
  HOOPER,  JAFFEE, LIFTON, LUPARDO, MAGNARELLI, McDONALD, OTIS, PEOPLES-
  STOKES, PERRY, PRETLOW, QUART, RAMOS, RIVERA, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON,  SIMO-
  TAS,  SKARTADOS, SKOUFIS, SOLAGES, THIELE -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law, the civil rights law and  the  educa-
  tion  law,  in  relation to prohibiting discrimination based on gender
  identity or expression; and to amend the penal law  and  the  criminal
  procedure  law,  in  relation  to  including offenses regarding gender
  identity or expression within the list of offenses subject  to  treat-
  ment as hate crimes

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

  Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature  reaffirms
that  the state has the responsibility to act to assure that every indi-
vidual within this state is afforded an equal  opportunity  to  enjoy  a
full  and  productive  life,  and that the failure to provide such equal
opportunity, whether because of discrimination,  prejudice,  intolerance
or  inadequate  education,  training,  housing  or  health care not only
threatens the rights and  proper  privileges  of  its  inhabitants,  but
menaces  the  institutions and foundation of a free democratic state and
threatens the peace, order, health, safety and general  welfare  of  the
state and its inhabitants.
  The  legislature  further finds that many residents of this state have
encountered prejudice on account of their gender identity or expression,
and that this prejudice  has  severely  limited  or  actually  prevented

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