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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly

A00805 Relates to requiring gender neutral bathrooms in state-owned buildings; provides that if no single-occupancy bathroom can be designated as gender neutral in a state-owned building, a multiple-occupancy bathroom shall be designated as gender neutral instead; requires state-owned and state-leased buildings to provide adequate notice regarding gender neutral bathrooms.

Direction

Transgender bathroomsAI label

Expands transgender recognition & access model confidence 90%

Requires state-owned and leased buildings to designate single-occupancy (or multiple-occupancy if needed) bathrooms as gender neutral and provide notice, increasing access to facilities matching gender identity.

If no single-occupancy bathroom can be designated as gender neutral in a state-owned building, a multiple-occupancy bathroom shall be designated as gender neutral instead.

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  1. Filed (completed)
  2. Committee (completed)
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both
  5. Governor
  6. Law

Status: Died (session ended)

Last action
2025-03-26: REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
Filed
2025-01-08
Committee
Investigations and Government Operations
Sponsor
Harvey Epstein D + 8 cosponsors (8 D)

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends public buildings law to mandate gender neutral bathrooms (including multiple-occupancy when necessary) with notice in state-owned and leased buildings, which expands access to facilities for transgender people.

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Hearings and calendar

Votes

DateChamberMotionYea-Nay
2025-02-25AAssembly Governmental Operations Committee: Favorable8-5Passed
2025-03-26AAssembly Floor Vote - Final Passage89-60Passed

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History (6 actions)
DateChamberAction
2025-03-26SREFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
2025-03-26Adelivered to senate
2025-03-26Apassed assembly
2025-02-27Aadvanced to third reading cal.27
2025-02-25Areported
2025-01-08Areferred to governmental operations