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Assembly Bill A7642

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to discrimination against vaccinated persons

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2025-A7642 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S369
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:
Add §40-h, Civ Rts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A8266, S6775
2023-2024: A2189, S5199

2025-A7642 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits discrimination against vaccinated persons.

2025-A7642 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7642
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  civil rights law, in relation to discrimination
   against vaccinated persons
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The  civil  rights law is amended by adding a new section
 40-h to read as follows:
   § 40-H.  DISCRIMINATION  AGAINST  VACCINATED  PERSONS.  A  PERSON  WHO
 EXCLUDES  FROM  THE  EQUAL  ENJOYMENT  OF ANY ACCOMMODATION, FACILITY OR
 PRIVILEGE FURNISHED BY  INNKEEPERS  OR  COMMON  CARRIERS,  AMUSEMENT  OR
 RESORT,  ANY PERSON BECAUSE THE PERSON RECEIVED A VACCINATION, IS GUILTY
 OF A MISDEMEANOR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01443-01-5

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