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                                  7697--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             October 13, 2023
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 Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, ROLISON -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and  when  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recom-
   mitted to the Committee on Disabilities in accordance with Senate Rule
   6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to enacting the "trav-
   eling with dignity act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "traveling with dignity act".
   §  2.  The civil rights law is amended by adding a new section 79-r to
 read as follows:
   § 79-R. ADULT CHANGING ACCOMMODATIONS.  1. AS USED  IN  THIS  SECTION,
 THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "ADULT  CHANGING  ACCOMMODATION"  MEANS A HEIGHT-ADJUSTABLE ADULT
 CHANGING TABLE PLACED WITHIN AN  ENCLOSED  RESTROOM  FACILITY  OR  OTHER
 SIMILAR  PRIVATE  FACILITY  THAT IS FOR USE BY PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
 WHO NEED HELP WITH DIAPERING.
   (B) "COMMERCIAL  PLACE  OF  PUBLIC  AMUSEMENT"  MEANS  AN  AUDITORIUM,
 CONVENTION  CENTER,  CULTURAL COMPLEX, EXHIBITION HALL, PERMANENT AMUSE-
 MENT PARK, SPORTS ARENA, OR THEATER OR MOVIE HOUSE FOR WHICH THE MAXIMUM
 OCCUPANCY IS DETERMINED TO BE TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED OR MORE PEOPLE.
   (C) "COVERED FACILITY" MEANS A COMMERCIAL PLACE OF  PUBLIC  AMUSEMENT,
 PUBLIC  ROADSIDE  REST  AREA  WITH  SANITARY  FACILITIES, MUSEUM, PUBLIC
 LIBRARY OR OTHER PUBLIC BUILDING.
   (D) "DISABILITY" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS PROVIDED FOR IN SUBDI-
 VISION TWENTY-ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED  NINETY-TWO  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE
 LAW.
   (E)  "PUBLIC  BUILDING"  MEANS A PUBLIC BUILDING OWNED BY THE STATE OF
 NEW YORK, UNDER THE SUPERVISION  AND  CONTROL  OF  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 GENERAL  SERVICES, THAT IS DETERMINED BY SUCH COMMISSIONER TO BE OPEN TO
 THE PUBLIC.
   2.  (A)  A  COVERED  FACILITY  SHALL INSTALL AND MAINTAIN AT LEAST ONE
 ADULT CHANGING ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONS WITH A PHYSICAL DISABILITY THAT
 IS ACCESSIBLE TO BOTH MEN AND WOMEN WHEN THE FACILITY  IS  OPEN  TO  THE
 PUBLIC, IF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING OCCUR:
   (I)  THE  COVERED  FACILITY  IS  NEWLY CONSTRUCTED ON OR AFTER JANUARY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE;
   (II) WHEN AN EXISTING COVERED FACILITY IS RENOVATED ON OR AFTER  JANU-
 ARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, AND EITHER REQUIRES A PERMIT OR THE
 ESTIMATED COST OF THE RENOVATION IS TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE; OR
   (III)  IF NEITHER SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OR (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH APPLY, IN
 THE CASE OF:
   (1) A COVERED FACILITY THAT IS A PUBLIC BUILDING, NO LATER THAN  JANU-
 ARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT;
   (2)  A  COVERED  FACILITY THAT IS A MUSEUM OR PUBLIC LIBRARY, NO LATER
 THAN JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTY; OR
   (3) A COVERED FACILITY THAT IS A COMMERCIAL PLACE OF PUBLIC AMUSEMENT,
 NO LATER THAN JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTY-TWO; OR
   (B) A COVERED FACILITY WITH AN ENCLOSED  RESTROOM  FACILITY  OR  OTHER
 SIMILAR  PRIVATE  FACILITY  WITH  AN  ADULT CHANGING TABLE IN USE BEFORE
 JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, SHALL BE DEEMED TO COMPLY  WITH
 THIS SUBDIVISION.
   3.  A  COVERED  FACILITY  SHALL ENSURE THAT THE ENTRANCE TO EACH ADULT
 CHANGING ACCOMMODATION HAS CONSPICUOUS SIGNAGE INDICATING  THE  LOCATION
 OF  THE  ACCOMMODATION,  AND,  IF  THE FACILITY HAS A CENTRAL DIRECTORY,
 SHALL ENSURE THAT THE CENTRAL DIRECTORY INDICATES THE  LOCATION  OF  THE
 ADULT CHANGING ACCOMMODATION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.