STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         108--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 4, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  KRUEGER,  BROUK, JACKSON, MAYER, RYAN, SEPULVEDA,
          STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
          be committed to the Committee on Judiciary  --  committee  discharged,
          bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
          committee

                    CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

        proposing an amendment to section 11 of article 1 of  the  constitution,
          in relation to equal protection

     1    Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 11 of arti-
     2  cle 1 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
     3    § 11. a. No person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws of
     4  this state or any subdivision thereof. No person shall, because of race,
     5  color,  ethnicity,  national  origin, age, disability, creed [or], reli-
     6  gion, or sex, including  sexual  orientation,  gender  identity,  gender
     7  expression,  pregnancy,  pregnancy outcomes, and reproductive healthcare
     8  and autonomy, be subjected to any discrimination in [his or  her]  their
     9  civil  rights by any other person or by any firm, corporation, or insti-
    10  tution, or by the state or any  agency  or  subdivision  of  the  state,
    11  pursuant to law.
    12    b. Nothing in this section shall invalidate or prevent the adoption of
    13  any law, regulation, program, or practice that is designed to prevent or
    14  dismantle discrimination on the basis of a characteristic listed in this
    15  section,  nor  shall any characteristic listed in this section be inter-
    16  preted to interfere with, limit, or deny the civil rights of any  person
    17  based upon any other characteristic identified in this section.
    18    §  2.  Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment
    19  be submitted to the people for approval at the general  election  to  be
    20  held  in the year 2024 in accordance with the provisions of the election
    21  law.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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