Senate Bill S7506

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to certain prohibitions regarding the legal system and gender-affirming care

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Children And Families Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S7506 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7687
Current Committee:
Senate Children And Families
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §659, Fam Ct Act (as proposed in S.2475-B & A.6046-B); amd §§76, 76-c, 76-f, 76-g & 77-l, Dom Rel L

2023-S7506 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Declares that a law authorizing a child to be removed from their parent or guardian based on the parent or guardian allowing their child to receive gender-affirming care is against the public policy of this state; relates to forum in domestic relations cases.

2023-S7506 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7506 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7506
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 1, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the family court act and the domestic relations law,  in
   relation to gender-affirming care
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 659 of the family  court  act,  as
 added by a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the family court act and
 other laws relating to gender-affirming care, as proposed in legislative
 bills numbers S. 2475-B and A. 6046-B, is amended to read as follows:
   1. A law [of another state] that authorizes a child to be removed from
 their  parent or guardian based on the parent or guardian allowing their
 child to receive gender-affirming care IS AGAINST THE PUBLIC  POLICY  OF
 THIS  STATE  AND shall not be enforced or applied in a case pending in a
 court in this state.
   § 2. Section 76 of the domestic relations law is amended by  adding  a
 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4.  THE PRESENCE OF A CHILD IN THIS STATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING
 GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE, AS DEFINED BY SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED  THIRTY-
 ONE-B  OF  THE  EDUCATION LAW, IS SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 76-c of the domestic relations  law,  as
 added by chapter 386 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  A  court of this state has temporary emergency jurisdiction if the
 child is present in this state and:
   (A) the child has been abandoned [or];
   (B) it is necessary in an emergency to protect the child, a sibling or
 parent of the child; OR
   (C) THE CHILD IS PRESENT IN THIS STATE  BECAUSE  THE  CHILD  HAS  BEEN
 UNABLE TO OBTAIN GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE, AS DEFINED BY SECTION SIXTY-FIVE
 HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE-B OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11693-01-3
              

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