{"bill":{"bill_key":"NY-S7489-2026","title":"Provides for temporary exemptions to educational institutions from certain requirements related to the use of multi-occupancy bathrooms and locker rooms; authorizes the use of state building aid for related facility improvements.","side":"anti","state":"NY","year":2026,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"Provides for temporary exemptions to educational institutions from certain requirements related to the use of multi-occupancy bathrooms and locker rooms; authorizes the use of sta…","notes":"failed at sine die 2026-06-05; Allows schools to no longer comply with state law requiring trans students have bathroom/lockerroom access according to gender; Nominally to avoid conflict w/ POTUS. Same as A0853","types_str":"Trans Bathroom Ban: K12","sponsor_mix":"R","url":"https://legiscan.com/NY/bill/S07489/2025","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"S. 7489, 2025–2026 Leg., Reg. Sess. (N.Y. 2025), https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7489.","short":"N.Y. S. 7489."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Mark Walczyk","party":"R","state":"NY","district":"SD-049","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-20637"},{"name":"Thomas O'Mara","party":"R","state":"NY","district":"SD-058","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-1354"}],"citations":[],"text":{"available":true,"credit":"Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative.","versions":[{"role":"intro","label":"As introduced","chars":4023}]}}