NY-A5478-2026
New York · A 5478 · 2025–2026
Enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act"; relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated individuals based upon gender identity; requires that incarcerated individuals in state and local correctional facilities who have a gender identity different from their assigned sex at birth be addressed and have access to commissary items, clothing and other materials that are consistent with the person's gender identity; establishes that incarcerated individuals shall be presumptively placed in a correctional facility with persons of the gender that most closely aligns with such person's self-attested gender identity unless the person opts out of such placement.
Pro-LGBTQ+Failed
- Bill key
- NY-A5478-2026
- State
- New York
- Session
- 2025–2026
- Introduced
- Last recorded status
- introduced
- Citation (Bluebook)
- Assemb. 5478, 2025–2026 Leg., Reg. Sess. (N.Y. 2025), https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A5478.
- Short citation
- N.Y. Assemb. 5478.
- Topics
- Tags
Summary
Enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act"; relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated individuals based upon gender identity; requires that incarcer…
Curator notes
failed at sine die 2026-06-05;
Sponsors
| Name | Party | Office | District | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emily Gallagher | Democratic | Representative | HD-050 | Primary sponsor |
37 co-sponsors
| Name | Party | Office | District | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nily Rozic | Democratic | Representative | HD-025 | Co-sponsor |
| Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas | Democratic | Representative | HD-034 | Co-sponsor |
| Jo Simon | Democratic | Representative | HD-052 | Co-sponsor |
| Harvey Epstein | Democratic | Representative | HD-074 | Co-sponsor |
| Harry Bronson | Democratic | Representative | HD-138 | Co-sponsor |
| David Weprin | Democratic | Representative | HD-024 | Co-sponsor |
| Anna Kelles | Democratic | Representative | HD-125 | Co-sponsor |
| Rebecca Seawright | Democratic | Representative | HD-076 | Co-sponsor |
| Chantel Jackson | Democratic | Representative | HD-079 | Co-sponsor |
| Christopher Burdick | Democratic | Representative | HD-093 | Co-sponsor |
| Deborah Glick | Democratic | Representative | HD-066 | Co-sponsor |
| Phara Souffrant Forrest | Democratic | Representative | HD-057 | Co-sponsor |
| Donna Lupardo | Democratic | Representative | HD-123 | Co-sponsor |
| Catalina Cruz | Democratic | Representative | HD-039 | Co-sponsor |
| Eddie Gibbs | Democratic | Representative | HD-068 | Co-sponsor |
| Alex Bores | Democratic | Representative | HD-073 | Co-sponsor |
| Linda Rosenthal | Democratic | Representative | HD-067 | Co-sponsor |
| Tony Simone | Democratic | Representative | HD-075 | Co-sponsor |
| Steven Raga | Democratic | Representative | HD-030 | Co-sponsor |
| Maritza Davila | Democratic | Representative | HD-053 | Co-sponsor |
| Karines Reyes | Democratic | Representative | HD-087 | Co-sponsor |
| Maryjane Shimsky | Democratic | Representative | HD-092 | Co-sponsor |
| Manny De Los Santos | Democratic | Representative | HD-072 | Co-sponsor |
| Sarahana Shrestha | Democratic | Representative | HD-103 | Co-sponsor |
| Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn | Democratic | Representative | HD-042 | Co-sponsor |
| Alfred Taylor | Democratic | Representative | HD-071 | Co-sponsor |
| Dana Levenberg | Democratic | Representative | HD-095 | Co-sponsor |
| Grace Lee | Democratic | Representative | HD-065 | Co-sponsor |
| Andrew Hevesi | Democratic | Representative | HD-028 | Co-sponsor |
| Jeffrey Dinowitz | Democratic | Representative | HD-081 | Co-sponsor |
| Yudelka Tapia | Democratic | Representative | HD-086 | Co-sponsor |
| Zohran Kwame Mamdani | Democratic | Representative | HD-036 | Co-sponsor |
| Gabriella Romero | Democratic | Representative | HD-109 | Co-sponsor |
| Phillip Steck | Democratic | Representative | HD-110 | Co-sponsor |
| Demond Meeks | Democratic | Representative | HD-137 | Co-sponsor |
| Robert Carroll | Democratic | Representative | HD-044 | Co-sponsor |
| Jordan Wright | Democratic | Representative | HD-070 | Co-sponsor |
Bill text
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