NY-A691-2022
New York · A 691 · 2021–2022
Relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated people based upon gender identity; requires that incarcerated people in state and local correctional facilities who have a gender identity different from the person's 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 people shall be presumptively placed in a correctional facility with persons of the gender that most closely aligns with such person's gender identity unless the person opts out of such placement, such person is free to change their mind and switch at any time.
Pro-LGBTQ+Failed
- Bill key
- NY-A691-2022
- State
- New York
- Session
- 2021–2022
- Introduced
- Last recorded status
- introduced
- Citation (Bluebook)
- Assemb. 691, 2021–2022 Leg., Reg. Sess. (N.Y. 2021), https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A691.
- Short citation
- N.Y. Assemb. 691.
- Topics
- Tags
Summary
Relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated people based upon gender identity; requires that incarcerated people in state and local correctional facilities who have a g…
Sponsors
| Name | Party | Office | District | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nily Rozic | Democratic | Representative | HD-025 | Primary sponsor |
| Karines Reyes | Democratic | Representative | HD-087 | Co-sponsor |
| Dan Quart | Democratic | Representative | HD-073 | Co-sponsor |
| David Weprin | Democratic | Representative | HD-024 | Co-sponsor |
| Harry Bronson | Democratic | Representative | HD-138 | Co-sponsor |
| Richard Gottfried | Democratic | Representative | HD-075 | Co-sponsor |
| Deborah Glick | Democratic | Representative | HD-066 | Co-sponsor |
| Rebecca Seawright | Democratic | Representative | HD-076 | Co-sponsor |
| Harvey Epstein | Democratic | Representative | HD-074 | Co-sponsor |
| Jo Simon | Democratic | Representative | HD-052 | Co-sponsor |
| Andrew Hevesi | Democratic | Representative | HD-028 | Co-sponsor |
| Carmen De La Rosa | Democratic | Representative | HD-072 | Co-sponsor |
| Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas | Democratic | Representative | HD-034 | Co-sponsor |
| Jeffrey Dinowitz | Democratic | Representative | HD-081 | Co-sponsor |
| Phara Souffrant Forrest | Democratic | Representative | HD-057 | Co-sponsor |
| Zohran Kwame Mamdani | Democratic | Representative | HD-036 | Co-sponsor |
| Chantel Jackson | Democratic | Representative | HD-079 | Co-sponsor |
| Christopher Burdick | Democratic | Representative | HD-093 | Co-sponsor |
Bill text
- As introduced (6,384 characters)
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