S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                     2
 
                           Extraordinary Session
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 1, 2022
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 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Seawright)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing an amendment to section 11 of article 1 of  the  constitution,
   in relation to equal protection
   Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 11 of article
 1 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   § 11. A. No person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws of
 this state or any subdivision thereof. No person shall, because of race,
 color,  ETHNICITY,  NATIONAL  ORIGIN, AGE, DISABILITY, creed [or], reli-
 gion, OR SEX, INCLUDING  SEXUAL  ORIENTATION,  GENDER  IDENTITY,  GENDER
 EXPRESSION,  PREGNANCY,  PREGNANCY OUTCOMES, AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE
 AND AUTONOMY, be subjected to any discrimination in [his or  her]  THEIR
 civil  rights by any other person or by any firm, corporation, or insti-
 tution, or by the state or any  agency  or  subdivision  of  the  state,
 PURSUANT TO LAW.
   B. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL INVALIDATE OR PREVENT THE ADOPTION OF
 ANY LAW, REGULATION, PROGRAM, OR PRACTICE THAT IS DESIGNED TO PREVENT OR
 DISMANTLE DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF A CHARACTERISTIC LISTED IN THIS
 SECTION,  NOR  SHALL ANY CHARACTERISTIC LISTED IN THIS SECTION BE INTER-
 PRETED TO INTERFERE WITH, LIMIT, OR DENY THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF ANY  PERSON
 BASED UPON ANY OTHER CHARACTERISTIC IDENTIFIED IN THIS SECTION.
   §  2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
 referred to the first regular legislative session  convening  after  the
 next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
 conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD89193-04-2