Bill Text: NY A08524 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 8524 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Provides three options for the designation of sex by applicants for driver's licenses and learner's permits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-19 - ordered to third reading rules cal.406 [A08524 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A08524-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                         8524--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      June 19, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. ORTIZ, DAVILA, PICHARDO, TAYLOR, MOSLEY, COOK,
          SEAWRIGHT, CARROLL, DE LA ROSA --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
          SIMON,  TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transpor-
          tation -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in accordance
          with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the desig-
          nation of sex  by  applicants  for  driver's  licenses  and  learner's
          permits
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
     3    8.  Designation  of  sex.  Any  application  required pursuant to this
     4  section that requires the applicant to designate his or  her  sex  shall
     5  provide  three  options. Such options shall include "male", "female" and
     6  "X". For purposes of this subdivision, option "X" may be  designated  by
     7  any applicant who does not identify as male or female.
     8    §  2.  The  department  of  motor vehicles is authorized to promulgate
     9  rules and regulations  and  amend  forms  necessary  to  carry  out  the
    10  provisions of this act.
    11    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    12  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
    13  ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
    14  necessary for the implementation of this act on its  effective  date  is
    15  authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13243-04-8