NY-S6677-2022
New York · S 6677 · 2021–2022
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-S6677-2022
- State
- New York
- Session
- 2021–2022
- Introduced
- Last recorded status
- introduced
- Citation (Bluebook)
- S. 6677, 2021–2022 Leg., Reg. Sess. (N.Y. 2021), https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6677.
- Short citation
- N.Y. S. 6677.
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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…
Sponsors
| Name | Party | Office | District | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julia Salazar | Democratic | Senator | SD-018 | Primary sponsor |
| Brian Benjamin | Democratic | Senator | SD-030 | Co-sponsor |
| Alessandra Biaggi | Democratic | Senator | SD-034 | Co-sponsor |
| Jabari Brisport | Democratic | Senator | SD-025 | Co-sponsor |
| Samra Brouk | Democratic | Senator | SD-055 | Co-sponsor |
| James Gaughran | Democratic | Senator | SD-005 | Co-sponsor |
| Brad Hoylman-Sigal | Democratic | Senator | SD-047 | Co-sponsor |
| Robert Jackson | Democratic | Senator | SD-031 | Co-sponsor |
| Anna Kaplan | Democratic | Senator | SD-007 | Co-sponsor |
| Zellnor Myrie | Democratic | Senator | SD-020 | Co-sponsor |
| Gustavo Rivera | Democratic | Senator | SD-033 | Co-sponsor |
| Luis Sepulveda | Democratic | Senator | SD-032 | Co-sponsor |
| James Skoufis | Democratic | Senator | SD-042 | Co-sponsor |
Bill text
- As introduced (13,811 characters)
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