Bill Text: NY S00054 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires the collection of certain demographic information about the sexual orientation and gender identity by certain state agencies, boards and commissions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-05 - PRINT NUMBER 54B [S00054 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S00054-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 54--B 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN, PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- recom- mitted to the Committee on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the collection of certain demographic information by certain state agen- cies, boards and commissions The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 170-c 2 to read as follows: 3 § 170-c. Collection of demographic information. 1. Every state agen- 4 cy, board, or commission that directly or by contract collects demo- 5 graphic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of residents of the 6 state of New York shall use separate collection categories and tabu- 7 lations for sexual orientation and gender identity or expression. 8 2. The term "gender identity or expression" means having or being 9 perceived as having a gender identity, self-image, appearance, behavior 10 or expression whether or not that gender identity, self-image, appear- 11 ance, behavior or expression is different from that traditionally asso- 12 ciated with the sex assigned to that person at birth. 13 3. The data collected pursuant to the different collection categories 14 and tabulations described in subdivision one of this section shall be 15 included in every demographic report on ancestry or ethnic origins of 16 residents of the state of New York by the state agency, board, or 17 commission published or released on or after July first, in the calendar 18 year following the effective date of this section. The data shall be EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01395-09-6
