NY State Senate Bill S6209A

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jul 12, 2019	signed chap.95
Jul 03, 2019	delivered to governor
Jun 20, 2019	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.657 substituted for a7797a
Jun 17, 2019	referred to governmental operations delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1438 committee discharged and committed to rules
Jun 13, 2019	print number 6209a
Jun 13, 2019	amend and recommit to investigations and government operations
May 23, 2019	referred to investigations and government operations

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S6209 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7797
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §292, Exec L; amd §11, Ed L

S6209 - Summary

Prohibits race discrimination based on natural hair or hairstyles; defines "race" for certain specific purposes to include, but not be limited to, ancestry, color, ethnic group identification, and ethnic background, and to include traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles; and defines "protective hairstyles" to include, but not be limited to, such hairstyles as braids, locks, and twists.

S6209 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S6209                   REVISED 6/5/2019

SPONSOR: BAILEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the executive law and the education
law, in relation to prohibiting race discrimination based on natural
hairstyles

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA:

This bill will prohibit race discrimination based on natural hair or
hairstyles.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the Executive law is amended by defining the term "race"
and "protective hairstyles" but not limited to, ancestry, color, ethnic
group identification, and ethnic background, and shall include traits
historically associates with race, including but limited to hair texture
and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks and twists.

§ 2. Section 11 of the Education law is amended by adding two new subdi-

visions 9 and 10.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In February of this year, The New York City Commission on Human Rights
released their Legal Enforcement Guidance on Race Discrimination on the
Basis of Hair. In this guidance they classify such restrictions in work-
places, schools and public places as racial discrimination. Their guide-
lines point specifically to the rights of people to maintain their
"natural hair, treated or untreated hairstyles such as loos, cornrows,
twists, braids, Bantu knots, fades, Afros, and/or the right to keep hair
in an uncut or untrimmed state."

Here are just a few stories of hair discrimination that have been in the
news:

- A high school wrestler was forced to cut his hair or forfeit a wrestl-
ing match in New Jersey.

- A 6-year-old boy in Florida was turned away from a private Christian
academy on his first day of school because his hair extended below his
ears.

- And a New Orleans-area girl was sent home at the start of the school
year from a Catholic school for wearing braids.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To Be Determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S6209 - Bill Text download pdf


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

    S. 6209                                                  A. 7797

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                              May 23, 2019
                               ___________

IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Investi-
  gations and Government Operations

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

AN ACT to amend the executive law and the education law, in relation  to
  prohibiting race discrimination based on natural hairstyles

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

  Section 1. Section 292 of the executive law is amended by  adding  two
new subdivisions 37 and 38 to read as follows:
  37.  THE  TERM "RACE" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE NOT LIMITED TO, ANCES-
TRY, COLOR, ETHNIC GROUP  IDENTIFICATION,  AND  ETHNIC  BACKGROUND,  AND
SHALL  INCLUDE  TRAITS  HISTORICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH RACE, INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, HAIR TEXTURE AND PROTECTIVE HAIRSTYLES.
  38. THE TERM "PROTECTIVE HAIRSTYLES" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED
TO, SUCH HAIRSTYLES AS BRAIDS, LOCKS, AND TWISTS.
  § 2. Section 11 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  two  new
subdivisions 9 and 10 to read as follows:
  9.  "RACE"  SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE NOT LIMITED TO, ANCESTRY, COLOR,
ETHNIC GROUP IDENTIFICATION, AND ETHNIC BACKGROUND,  AND  SHALL  INCLUDE
TRAITS  HISTORICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH RACE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
HAIR TEXTURE AND PROTECTIVE HAIRSTYLES.
  10. "PROTECTIVE HAIRSTYLES" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, SUCH
HAIRSTYLES AS BRAIDS, LOCKS, AND TWISTS.
  § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11450-01-9

Co-Sponsors

S6209A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7797
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §292, Exec L; amd §11, Ed L

S6209A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S6209A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S6209A

SPONSOR: BAILEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the executive law and the education
law, in relation to prohibiting race discrimination based on natural
hairstyles

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA:

This bill will prohibit race discrimination based on natural hair or
hairstyles.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the Executive law is amended by defining the term "race"
and "protective hairstyles" but not limited to, ancestry, color, ethnic
group identification, and ethnic background, and shall include traits
historically associates with race, including but limited to hair texture
and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks and twists.

§ 2. Section 11 of the Education law is amended by adding two new subdi-

visions 9 and 10.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In February of this year, The New York City Commission on Human Rights
released their Legal Enforcement Guidance on Race Discrimination on the
Basis of Hair. In this guidance they classify such restrictions in work-
places, schools and public places as racial discrimination.  Their
guidelines point specifically to the rights of people to maintain their
"natural hair, treated or untreated hairstyles such as loos, cornrows,
twists, braids, Bantu knots, fades, Afros, and/or the right to keep hair
in an uncut or untrimmed state."

Here are just a few stories of hair discrimination that have been in the
news:

-A high school wrestler was forced to cut his hair or forfeit a wrestl-
ing match in New Jersey.

-A 6-year-old boy in Florida was turned away from a private Christian
academy on his first day of school because his hair extended below his
ears.

-And a New Orleans-area girl was sent home at the start of the school
year from a Catholic school for wearing braids.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To Be Determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S6209A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

    S. 6209--A                                            A. 7797--A

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                              May 23, 2019
                               ___________

IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by  Sens.  BAILEY, SALAZAR -- read twice and
  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
  Investigations and Government Operations -- committee discharged, bill
  amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
  tee

IN  ASSEMBLY  --  Introduced  by  M.  of  A.   WRIGHT,   PEOPLES-STOKES,
  DE LA ROSA,   SAYEGH,   REYES,   SIMON,  NIOU,  GOTTFRIED,  FERNANDEZ,
  O'DONNELL,  D'URSO,  JEAN-PIERRE,  FRONTUS,   L. ROSENTHAL,   EPSTEIN,
  JAFFEE,  DICKENS  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK -- read once
  and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT to amend the executive law and the education law, in relation to
  prohibiting race discrimination based on natural hairstyles

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

  Section  1.  Section 292 of the executive law is amended by adding two
new subdivisions 37 and 38 to read as follows:
  37. THE TERM "RACE" SHALL, FOR THE PURPOSES OF  THIS  ARTICLE  INCLUDE
TRAITS  HISTORICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH RACE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
HAIR TEXTURE AND PROTECTIVE HAIRSTYLES.
  38. THE TERM "PROTECTIVE HAIRSTYLES" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED
TO, SUCH HAIRSTYLES AS BRAIDS, LOCKS, AND TWISTS.
  § 2. Section 11 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  two  new
subdivisions 9 and 10 to read as follows:
  9.  "RACE"  SHALL,  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF THIS ARTICLE INCLUDE TRAITS
HISTORICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH RACE, INCLUDING BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO,  HAIR
TEXTURE AND PROTECTIVE HAIRSTYLES.
  10. "PROTECTIVE HAIRSTYLES" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, SUCH
HAIRSTYLES AS BRAIDS, LOCKS, AND TWISTS.
  § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11450-02-9

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Jun 17, 2019 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 17, 2019

Jun 17, 2019 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Jun 17, 2019

Bill Amendments

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S6209 - Details

S6209 - Summary

S6209 - Sponsor Memo

S6209 - Bill Text download pdf

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S6209A (ACTIVE) - Details

S6209A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S6209A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S6209A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Jamaal T. Bailey

Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor

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Jun 17, 2019 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 17, 2019

Jun 17, 2019 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Jun 17, 2019

Bill Amendments

Co-Sponsors

Julia Salazar

S6209 - Details

S6209 - Summary

S6209 - Sponsor Memo

S6209 - Bill Text download pdf

Co-Sponsors

John C. Liu

Julia Salazar

S6209A (ACTIVE) - Details

S6209A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S6209A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S6209A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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