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                                  6964--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 18, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the executive law and the administrative code of the
   city of New York, in relation to establishing standards for the design
   and construction of all-gender bathrooms
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 378 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 21 to read as follows:
   21. A. STANDARDS FOR ALL-GENDER BATHROOMS TO PROVIDE PRIVACY AND SECU-
 RITY, INCORPORATING BEST PRACTICES IN RESTROOM DESIGN, INCLUDING BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO:
   (I)  LOCKABLE  INDIVIDUAL  TOILET STALLS WITH A MINIMUM DOOR HEIGHT OF
 EIGHTY-FOUR INCHES AND A MAXIMUM UNDERCUT OF FOUR INCHES;
   (II) NO VISUAL GAPS AT THE SIDES OF DOORS AND PILASTERS;
   (III) SHARED  SINK  AREAS  POSITIONED  OUTSIDE  OF  INDIVIDUAL  TOILET
 STALLS;
   (IV) ALLOWANCE FOR SEPARATE SINKS WITHIN INDIVIDUAL STALLS; AND
   (V)  INSTALLATION  OF  PRIVACY  PARTITIONS COMPLIANT WITH THE INTERNA-
 TIONAL ASSOCIATION  OF  PLUMBING  AND  MECHANICAL  OFFICIALS'  STANDARDS
 PUBLISHED  UNDER  THE  IAPMO/ANSI/CAN Z124.10-2022, OR THE MOST RECENTLY
 PUBLISHED VERSION OF SUCH PUBLICATION.
   B. ALL-GENDER BATHROOMS MAY INCLUDE URINALS PROVIDED THEY ARE ENCLOSED
 WITHIN INDIVIDUAL LOCKABLE STALLS MEETING THE PRIVACY STANDARDS IN PARA-
 GRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   C. (I) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMULGATE OR AMEND REGULATIONS  TO  ALLOW
 AND  FACILITATE  THE  DESIGNATION,  INSTALLATION,  AND USE OF ALL-GENDER
 BATHROOMS IN ANY USE GROUP  AS  DEFINED  IN  THE  STATE  BUILDING  CODE,
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO COMMERCIAL, INSTITUTIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND
 PUBLIC FACILITIES.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (II)  ALL-GENDER BATHROOMS SHALL BE PERMITTED IN BOTH NEW CONSTRUCTION
 AND EXISTING STRUCTURES UNDERGOING  REPAIR,  RENOVATION,  OR  ALTERATION
 WORK.
   (III)  STANDARDS  DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL INCLUDE
 REQUIREMENTS FOR SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING STANDARDS TO ENSURE CLEAR  IDEN-
 TIFICATION  OF  ALL-GENDER  BATHROOMS  WHILE MAINTAINING INCLUSIVITY AND
 ACCESSIBILITY.
   D. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ALL-GENDER BATHROOMS"  SHALL
 MEAN MULTI-FIXTURE TOILET ROOMS WITH SEPARATE, LOCKABLE PARTITIONS AND A
 SHARED  SINK  AREA THAT CAN BE USED BY INDIVIDUALS OF ALL GENDER IDENTI-
 TIES.
   § 2. PC 403 of chapter 4 of the plumbing code  of  the  administrative
 code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 403.5 to
 read as follows:
   §  403.5  ALL-GENDER BATHROOMS.   1. (A) ALL-GENDER BATHROOMS SHALL BE
 DESIGNED TO PROVIDE PRIVACY AND SECURITY, INCORPORATING  BEST  PRACTICES
 IN RESTROOM DESIGN, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (I) LOCKABLE INDIVIDUAL TOILET STALLS WITH A MINIMUM DOOR HEIGHT OF 84
 INCHES AND A MAXIMUM UNDERCUT OF 4 INCHES;
   (II) NO VISUAL GAPS AT THE SIDES OF DOORS AND PILASTERS;
   (III)  SHARED  SINK  AREAS  POSITIONED  OUTSIDE  OF  INDIVIDUAL TOILET
 STALLS;
   (IV) ALLOWANCE FOR SEPARATE SINKS WITHIN INDIVIDUAL STALLS; AND
   (V) INSTALLATION OF PRIVACY PARTITIONS  COMPLIANT  WITH  THE  INTERNA-
 TIONAL  ASSOCIATION  OF  PLUMBING  AND  MECHANICAL  OFFICIALS' STANDARDS
 PUBLISHED UNDER THE IAPMO/ANSI/CAN Z124.10-2022, OR  THE  MOST  RECENTLY
 PUBLISHED VERSION OF SUCH PUBLICATION.
   (B)  ALL-GENDER  BATHROOMS  MAY  INCLUDE  URINALS  PROVIDED  THEY  ARE
 ENCLOSED WITHIN INDIVIDUAL LOCKABLE STALLS MEETING THE PRIVACY STANDARDS
 IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   2. ALL-GENDER BATHROOMS SHALL BE PERMITTED IN  BOTH  NEW  CONSTRUCTION
 AND  EXISTING  STRUCTURES  UNDERGOING  REPAIR, RENOVATION, OR ALTERATION
 WORK.
   3. STANDARDS DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE REQUIRE-
 MENTS FOR SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING STANDARDS TO ENSURE  CLEAR  IDENTIFICA-
 TION  OF ALL-GENDER BATHROOMS WHILE MAINTAINING INCLUSIVITY AND ACCESSI-
 BILITY.
   4. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "ALL-GENDER BATHROOMS" SHALL MEAN
 MULTI-FIXTURE TOILET ROOMS WITH  SEPARATE,  LOCKABLE  PARTITIONS  AND  A
 SHARED  SINK  AREA THAT CAN BE USED BY INDIVIDUALS OF ALL GENDER IDENTI-
 TIES.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such effective date.