Senate Bill S4407

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to including the basis of religious attire and facial hair in the definition of unlawful discriminatory practice

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations 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-S4407 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1312
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §296, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7004
2021-2022: S980, A9304

2023-S4407 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to including the basis of religious attire and facial hair in the definition of unlawful discriminatory practice.

2023-S4407 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4407 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4407
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to including the basis of
   religious attire and facial hair in the definition of unlawful discri-
   minatory practice

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 296 of the execu-
 tive law, as separately amended by chapters 202 and 748 of the  laws  of
 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  It  shall  be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person,
 being the owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, superintendent,  agent  or
 employee  of  any  place  of  public accommodation, resort or amusement,
 because of the race, creed, INCLUDING THE WEARING OF ANY ATTIRE,  CLOTH-
 ING  OR  FACIAL  HAIR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OR PRACTICE OF
 HIS OR HER RELIGION, color, national origin, citizenship or  immigration
 status,  sexual  orientation,  gender  identity  or expression, military
 status, sex, disability, marital status, or status as a victim of domes-
 tic violence, of any person, directly or indirectly, to refuse, withhold
 from or deny to such  person  any  of  the  accommodations,  advantages,
 facilities or privileges thereof, including the extension of credit, or,
 directly  or  indirectly, to publish, circulate, issue, display, post or
 mail any written or printed communication, notice or  advertisement,  to
 the  effect  that  any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities and
 privileges of any such place shall be refused, withheld from  or  denied
 to  any  person  on account of race, creed, INCLUDING THE WEARING OF ANY
 ATTIRE, CLOTHING OR FACIAL HAIR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE  REQUIREMENTS  OR
 PRACTICE  OF HIS OR HER RELIGION, color, national origin, citizenship or
 immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity  or  expression,
 military  status,  sex, disability or marital status, or that the patro-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03270-01-3

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