Assembly Bill A3711

                             
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                                   3711
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. RAGA -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in  relation  to  preventing  housing
   discrimination  based  on  wage  history,  medical history, and health
   conditions
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of subdivision 2-a of section
 296 of the executive law, as separately amended by chapters 202 and  748
 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  To refuse to sell, rent or lease or otherwise to deny to or with-
 hold from any person or group of  persons  such  housing  accommodations
 because of the race, creed, color, disability, national origin, citizen-
 ship  or  immigration  status,  sexual  orientation,  gender identity or
 expression, military status, age,  sex,  marital  status,  status  as  a
 victim  of  domestic  violence,  lawful  source of income, WAGE HISTORY,
 MEDICAL HISTORY, HEALTH CONDITIONS, or familial status of such person or
 persons, or to represent that any housing accommodation or land  is  not
 available  for  inspection,  sale, rental or lease when in fact it is so
 available.
   (b) To discriminate against any person because of [his or  her]  THEIR
 race,  creed,  color,  disability, national origin, citizenship or immi-
 gration status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, mili-
 tary status, age, sex, marital status, status as a  victim  of  domestic
 violence, lawful source of income, WAGE HISTORY, MEDICAL HISTORY, HEALTH
 CONDITIONS, or familial status in the terms, conditions or privileges of
 any  publicly-assisted  housing  accommodations  or in the furnishing of
 facilities or services in connection therewith.
   (c) To cause to be made any written or oral inquiry or record concern-
 ing the race, creed, color, disability, national origin, citizenship  or
 immigration  status,  sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04121-01-5
              

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 membership in the reserve armed forces of the United States  or  in  the
 organized  militia  of  the state, age, sex, marital status, status as a
 victim of domestic violence, lawful  source  of  income,  WAGE  HISTORY,
 MEDICAL HISTORY, HEALTH CONDITIONS, or familial status of a person seek-
 ing  to  rent  or  lease  any  publicly-assisted  housing accommodation;
 provided, however, that nothing in this  subdivision  shall  prohibit  a
 member of the reserve armed forces of the United States or in the organ-
 ized militia of the state from voluntarily disclosing such membership.
   §  2.  Subdivision 5 of section 296 of the executive law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
   (H) IT SHALL BE AN UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY  PRACTICE  FOR  ANY  PERSON
 OFFERING  OR  PROVIDING HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS, LAND OR COMMERCIAL SPACE
 AS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPHS (A), (B), AND  (C)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  TO
 REFUSE TO SELL, RENT OR LEASE ANY HOUSING ACCOMMODATION, LAND OR COMMER-
 CIAL  SPACE TO ANY PERSON BECAUSE OF SUCH PERSON'S WAGE HISTORY, MEDICAL
 HISTORY, OR HEALTH CONDITIONS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.