Transgender in New York
Measured against: legal recognition of, and access to services and facilities for, transgender people.
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Requires Medicaid to cover gender-affirming care regardless of federal funding; prohibits discriminatory practices by health care entities including hospitals, certain professionals, and insurers; requires insurance coverage for services or treatments for gender dysphoria or gender incongruence.
AI summary Mandates Medicaid and child health plan coverage for gender-affirming care regardless of federal funds, prohibits health care entities and insurers from discriminating on the basis of gender identity or expression, and requires insurance policies to cover medically necessary services for gender dysp
healthcareStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jun 5: COMMITTED TO RULES -
Specifies that professional liability insurance insurers cannot deny coverage or increase rates solely based on legal use or prescription of certain gender-affirming care-related drugs; prescribes procedures for warrants issued in other jurisdictions for electronic data related to legally protected
AI summary Prohibits insurers from denying coverage or increasing rates based on legal use or prescription of certain drugs for abortion, including off-label uses recognized in specified compendia, so more insurance protection for providers of medication abortion.
healthcareStage: Law Jun 5: SIGNED CHAP.128 -
Enacts the "donor-conceived person protection act" to ensure that reproductive tissue banks, licensed by the department of health, collect and verify medical information from any donor it procures reproductive tissue from and to disseminate such information to a recipient before a recipient purchase
AI summary Explicitly excludes all medical information relative to reproductive and gender-affirming health services from the records that must be collected, verified, and shared with recipients and donor-conceived persons.
Restricts transgender recognition & accessotherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jun 5: COMMITTED TO RULES -
Establishes a twenty-four hour, toll-free hotline and website for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning plus (LGBTQ+) individuals who are experiencing emotional distress, suicidal ideation, or crisis-related challenges, which shall provide immediate support, referrals, resource l
AI summary Establishes a crisis hotline and website that refers LGBTQ+ callers specifically to gender-affirming care providers and other LGBTQ+ services, increasing access to and recognition of services for transgender people.
otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jun 4: referred to mental health -
Requires the board of education and the trustees or sole trustee of every school district to establish policies and procedures regarding the treatment of transgender or gender non-conforming students.
AI summary Requires schools to treat students according to their gender identity or expression in names, pronouns, facilities, activities, athletics, records and privacy, so more access and recognition for transgender students in schools.
education, bathrooms, sportsStage: ✕ Died (session ended) May 15: REFERRED TO EDUCATION
All Transgender bills in New York
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Requires Medicaid to cover gender-affirming care regardless of federal funding; prohibits discriminatory practices by health care entities including hospitals, certain professionals, and insurers; requires insurance coverage for services or treatments for gender dysphoria or gender incongruence.
AI summary Mandates Medicaid and child health plan coverage for gender-affirming care regardless of federal funds, prohibits health care entities and insurers from discriminating on the basis of gender identity or expression, and requires insurance policies to cover medically necessary services for gender dysp
healthcareStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jun 5: COMMITTED TO RULES -
Specifies that professional liability insurance insurers cannot deny coverage or increase rates solely based on legal use or prescription of certain gender-affirming care-related drugs; prescribes procedures for warrants issued in other jurisdictions for electronic data related to legally protected
AI summary Prohibits insurers from denying coverage or increasing rates based on legal use or prescription of certain drugs for abortion, including off-label uses recognized in specified compendia, so more insurance protection for providers of medication abortion.
healthcareStage: Law Jun 5: SIGNED CHAP.128 -
Enacts the "donor-conceived person protection act" to ensure that reproductive tissue banks, licensed by the department of health, collect and verify medical information from any donor it procures reproductive tissue from and to disseminate such information to a recipient before a recipient purchase
AI summary Explicitly excludes all medical information relative to reproductive and gender-affirming health services from the records that must be collected, verified, and shared with recipients and donor-conceived persons.
Restricts transgender recognition & accessotherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jun 5: COMMITTED TO RULES -
Establishes a twenty-four hour, toll-free hotline and website for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning plus (LGBTQ+) individuals who are experiencing emotional distress, suicidal ideation, or crisis-related challenges, which shall provide immediate support, referrals, resource l
AI summary Establishes a crisis hotline and website that refers LGBTQ+ callers specifically to gender-affirming care providers and other LGBTQ+ services, increasing access to and recognition of services for transgender people.
otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jun 4: referred to mental health -
Requires the board of education and the trustees or sole trustee of every school district to establish policies and procedures regarding the treatment of transgender or gender non-conforming students.
AI summary Requires schools to treat students according to their gender identity or expression in names, pronouns, facilities, activities, athletics, records and privacy, so more access and recognition for transgender students in schools.
education, bathrooms, sportsStage: ✕ Died (session ended) May 15: REFERRED TO EDUCATION -
Protects women's sports in middle school and high school from unfair competition.
AI summary Requires middle and high school sports teams designated for females to exclude anyone not assigned female at birth, so less access to those teams for transgender girls.
Restricts transgender recognition & accesssportsStage: ✕ Died (session ended) May 5: DEFEATED IN EDUCATION -
Requires school districts and charter schools to establish a task force to make recommendations on model curriculum or instruction on the political, economic, and social contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual people, in an appropriate place in the curricul
AI summary Creates a task force to recommend model curriculum on the contributions of transgender people (among others) to middle and high school students, so more inclusion of transgender topics in schools.
educationStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Apr 24: print number 6746a -
Requires Medicaid to cover gender-affirming care regardless of federal funding; prohibits discriminatory practices by health care entities including hospitals, certain professionals, and insurers; requires insurance coverage for services or treatments for gender dysphoria or gender incongruence.
AI summary Mandates Medicaid and private insurance coverage for medically necessary gender-affirming care and treatments for gender dysphoria or incongruence, and prohibits health care entities and insurers from denying or limiting such care based on gender identity or transgender status.
healthcareStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Apr 24: print number 6596c -
Protects women's sports in middle school and high school from unfair competition.
AI summary Requires middle and high school sports teams designated for females to exclude anyone not assigned female at birth, so less access to those teams for transgender girls.
Restricts transgender recognition & accesssportsStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Apr 22: held for consideration in education -
Relates to consideration of gender-affirming health care or gender-affirming mental health care in child custody cases for purposes of jurisdiction, forum and enforcement of custody orders.
AI summary Makes it easier for parents to obtain gender-affirming care for their children by granting NY courts jurisdiction, treating denial of such care as grounds for emergency jurisdiction, deeming other states' restrictive laws against public policy, and protecting parents who travel for such care from不利
healthcareStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Apr 6: REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES -
Establishes a gender-affirming care access program to provide support and increase access to gender-affirming care including certain medical and surgical care.
AI summary Establishes and funds a program to support gender-affirming care providers, increase access, fund uncompensated care, and cover related costs such as insurance and training, so more access to gender-affirming care.
healthcareStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Mar 6: print number 8841a -
Establishes a gender-affirming care access program to provide support and increase access to gender-affirming care including certain medical and surgical care.
AI summary Establishes and funds a program to support providers, fund uncompensated gender-affirming care, and increase access to such care for gender expansive individuals, including grants for recruitment, training, facilities, insurance, and practical support.
healthcareNo change to transgender recognition & accessotherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 26: PRINT NUMBER 7924A -
Grants temporary parking permits for handicapped parking spaces to pregnant persons; requires certification from a physician; provides that such permit terminates at the end of the pregnancy.
AI summary Extends handicapped parking privileges to pregnant persons via temporary permits that end after pregnancy, with no provisions on abortion access or restrictions.
No change to transgender recognition & accessotherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Feb 13: referred to transportation -
Establishes a twenty-four hour, toll-free hotline and website for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning plus (LGBTQ+) individuals who are experiencing emotional distress, suicidal ideation, or crisis-related challenges, which shall provide immediate support, referrals, resource l
AI summary Establishes a crisis hotline that refers LGBTQ+ callers specifically to gender-affirming care providers and other LGBTQ+ services, increasing access to and recognition of transgender-related support.
otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 30: referred to mental health -
Specifies that professional liability insurance insurers cannot deny coverage or increase rates solely based on legal use or prescription of certain gender-affirming care-related drugs; prescribes procedures for warrants issued in other jurisdictions for electronic data related to legally protected
AI summary Prohibits insurers from denying coverage or increasing rates based on legal use or prescription of certain drugs for abortion, including off-label ones recognized in specified compendia, so more insurance protection for medication abortion providers.
healthcareStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 28: substituted by s8807 -
Grants temporary parking permits for handicapped parking spaces to pregnant persons; requires certification from a physician; provides that such permit terminates at the end of the pregnancy.
AI summary Extends handicapped parking privileges to pregnant persons via temporary permits that end after pregnancy, with no provisions on abortion access or restrictions.
No change to transgender recognition & accessotherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 13: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION -
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
AI summary Requires prisons to provide affirming medical and mental health care related to gender dysphoria or gender affirmation, including post-surgery items, and prohibits unwanted treatments or counseling that attempts to change gender identity.
healthcare, education, bathrooms, id documents, otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 8: print number 5478a -
Establishes a gender affirming care program in the department of health to ensure the continuity of gender affirming care services in the state.
AI summary Establishes a state program to identify, fund, and provide resources to providers of gender affirming care, including for minors, increasing access to and continuity of such services.
healthcareStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO HEALTH -
Requires school districts and charter schools to establish a task force to make recommendations on model curriculum or instruction on the political, economic, and social contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual people, in an appropriate place in the curricul
AI summary Creates a task force to recommend model curriculum on the political, economic, and social contributions of transgender (and other LGBTQIA) people in middle and high schools, so more inclusion of transgender topics in public education.
educationStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO EDUCATION -
Establishes a transgender and non-binary peer support grant program which shall grant awards to eligible entities for the purpose of establishing peer-to-peer mental health programs for transgender and non-binary individuals.
AI summary Creates a grant program to fund peer-to-peer mental health programs specifically for transgender and non-binary individuals, increasing access to mental health services targeted at this group.
healthcareStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH -
Requires the office for the prevention of domestic violence to conduct a study on domestic violence in the transgender community with a focus on Black transgender women.
AI summary Requires a state agency to study domestic violence against transgender people (with focus on Black transgender women) and report findings and recommendations, which could lead to future policies expanding recognition or services for transgender victims of domestic violence.
No change to transgender recognition & accessotherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES -
Requires the office of minority health and health disparities prevention to conduct a study on the health impacts of COVID-19 on transgender and non-binary racial and ethnic minorities in New York state.
AI summary Requires a state office to study COVID-19 health impacts and disparities specifically for transgender and non-binary people (including recommendations to reduce disparities and increase health care access), so more data and potential policy attention on transgender health issues.
other, healthcareStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO HEALTH -
Establishes a regional or county-based peer support services program for transgender and non-binary individuals that provides support services including but not limited to, peer counseling for mental illness including alcohol and substance abuse counseling, family support services, domestic violence
AI summary Establishes and funds peer support programs including mental health and substance abuse counseling specifically for transgender and non-binary individuals, increasing access to such services.
healthcareStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH -
Relates to expanding employee ownership assistance for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and non-binary individuals.
AI summary Expands the definition of 'minority business enterprise' and 'minority group member' to explicitly include lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or non-binary individuals, and gives loan preference to employee-ownership projects with a majority of such members, increasing state assistance for their ES
otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS -
Requires local social services districts distribute shelter information specifically for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gender non-conforming persons on the district's website and as pamphlets at intake shelters.
AI summary Requires local social services districts to provide specific shelter information, resources, and accommodations for transgender and gender non-conforming individuals on websites and pamphlets, increasing access to targeted housing options.
otherNo change to transgender recognition & accessbathroomsStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES -
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 buil
AI summary Requires state-owned and leased buildings to designate gender-neutral bathrooms (including multiple-occupancy ones if needed) and provide notice, increasing access to facilities matching gender identity.
bathroomsStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS -
Relates to the housing of transgender or intersex incarcerated individuals; authorizes the sheriff to assign a transgender or intersex incarcerated individual to any facility housing unit which shall ensure the incarcerated individual's health and safety.
AI summary Allows transgender or intersex incarcerated individuals to be housed in any facility housing unit based on health and safety determination, increasing access to facilities matching gender identity.
bathroomsNo change to transgender recognition & accesseducationStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION -
Provides for a tax credit for certain persons relocating to the state to provide or receive reproductive care or gender-affirming care.
AI summary Offers a $500 tax credit to patients, parents/guardians, and providers who relocate to NY from states with more restrictive abortion laws to receive or provide reproductive care, making interstate travel for abortion more financially attractive.
healthcare, otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE -
Relates to certain prostitution offenses and fines relating thereto; relates to motions to vacate judgment and motions for new sentencing; relates to investigation into acts alleged to be the unauthorized practice of massage therapy by potential victims of human trafficking; prohibits the possession
AI summary Expands services and programs for victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation to include legal and immigration services, and adds immigration-related considerations to the interagency task force and data collection on trafficking.
otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO CODES -
Relates to providing increased and uniform training requirements including implicit bias, use of force, first aid and firearm training, and outreach for law enforcement; establishes law enforcement peer support through the office of mental health.
AI summary Requires monthly trainings on the proper use of firearms for law enforcement officers.
No change to transgender recognition & accesseducation, otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO CODES -
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
AI summary Requires prisons to provide affirming medical and mental health care related to gender dysphoria or gender affirmation, including post-surgery items, and prohibits unwanted treatments or counseling that attempts to change gender identity, so greater access to gender-affirming care for incarcerated
healthcare, education, id documents, bathrooms, otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION -
Requires continuing teacher and leader education to include courses, programs and activities related to immigrant focused trauma-informed practices to support students who are dealing with adverse childhood or adolescent experiences as a result of immigration status.
AI summary Adds a new mandatory continuing education requirement for teachers on immigrant-focused trauma-informed practices, with no provisions addressing gender identity, pronouns, bathrooms, sports or other transgender-specific policies.
No change to transgender recognition & accesseducationStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: REFERRED TO EDUCATION -
Establishes a gender affirming care program in the department of health to ensure the continuity of gender affirming care services in the state.
AI summary Establishes a state program to identify and fund providers of gender affirming care services, including hormonal treatments and surgery for those whose gender identity differs from sex assigned at birth, and mandates minimum funding levels that increase annually.
healthcareStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to health -
Requires continuing teacher and leader education to include courses, programs and activities related to immigrant focused trauma-informed practices to support students who are dealing with adverse childhood or adolescent experiences as a result of immigration status.
AI summary Adds a new mandatory continuing education requirement for teachers on immigrant-focused trauma-informed practices, with no provisions addressing gender identity, pronouns, bathrooms, sports or other transgender-specific school policies.
No change to transgender recognition & accesseducationStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to higher education -
Strengthens protections against discrimination, harassment, and bullying based on actual or perceived immigration status, and to improve implementation and oversight under the Dignity for All Students Act.
AI summary Expands the list of protected classes in school anti-harassment, anti-bullying, and anti-discrimination rules to explicitly include immigration status (with no provisions on gender identity, pronouns, bathrooms, sports or transition care).
No change to transgender recognition & accesseducationStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to education -
Relates to providing increased and uniform training requirements including implicit bias, use of force, first aid and firearm training, and outreach for law enforcement; establishes law enforcement peer support through the office of mental health.
AI summary Requires monthly trainings on the proper use of firearms for law enforcement officers, increasing mandated firearm-related training without changing rules on who may buy, own or carry firearms.
No change to transgender recognition & accesseducationStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to governmental operations -
Requires local social services districts distribute shelter information specifically for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gender non-conforming persons on the district's website and as pamphlets at intake shelters.
AI summary Requires local social services districts to provide specific shelter information and resources for transgender and gender non-conforming individuals on websites and pamphlets, increasing access to targeted housing services.
other, bathroomsStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to social services -
Prohibits state contracts with contractors who do not provide health insurance which covers services for transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive people.
AI summary Requires all state contractors to provide health insurance covering a wide range of gender-affirming care services (including hormone therapy, surgeries, fertility preservation, mental health care, etc.) and prohibits limiting services based on gender identity, so more contractors must cover and not
healthcareStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to governmental operations -
Relates to expanding employee ownership assistance for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and non-binary individuals.
AI summary Expands the definition of 'minority group member' and 'minority business enterprise' to explicitly include lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or non-binary individuals, and gives loan preferences to employee-ownership projects with a majority of such members, increasing state assistance targeted at
otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to economic development -
Provides for a tax credit for certain persons relocating to the state to provide or receive reproductive care or gender-affirming care.
AI summary Offers a $500 tax credit to patients, parents, or providers who move to NY from states with more restrictive abortion laws to receive or provide reproductive care, making interstate travel for abortion more financially attractive and likely.
healthcareStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to ways and means -
Relates to culturally responsive lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender education standards.
AI summary Requires schools to integrate LGBT education into all grade levels, mandates a related course for high school graduation, requires teacher training on effective teaching for LGBT students, and creates related assessments and pilot programs, so more school policies and curricula recognizing and being
educationStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to education -
Relates to certain prostitution offenses and fines relating thereto; relates to motions to vacate judgment and motions for new sentencing; relates to investigation into acts alleged to be the unauthorized practice of massage therapy by potential victims of human trafficking; prohibits the possession
AI summary Expands services and programs for victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation to include legal and immigration services, and adds immigration-related considerations to the interagency task force and data collection on trafficking.
otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to codes -
Prohibits a court from granting, denying or deciding a petition for guardianship, custody or visitation solely on the allegation or basis that a parent or guardian is providing or facilitating the provision of gender affirming care to the subject child.
AI summary Prohibits courts from denying custody, guardianship or visitation based on a parent providing gender-affirming care, so more parents can provide such care without losing parental rights.
healthcare, educationStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 7: referred to judiciary -
Protects individuals who provide or receive legally protected health activity, including reproductive health care and gender-affirming care, from criminal or civil liability or professional sanctions imposed by jurisdictions outside the state.
AI summary Protects providers and recipients of gender-affirming care from out-of-state liability, professional sanctions, or discipline, and expands the definition of reproductive health care to include gender-affirming care, so more access to and legal recognition of such care.
healthcare, otherStage: Law Dec 19, 2025: APPROVAL MEMO.71 -
Requires Medicaid to cover gender-affirming care regardless of federal funding; prohibits discriminatory practices by health care entities including hospitals, certain professionals, and insurers; requires insurance coverage for services or treatments for gender dysphoria or gender incongruence.
AI summary Requires Medicaid and private insurance to cover medically necessary gender-affirming care and treatments for gender dysphoria or incongruence without discrimination, so greater access to such care.
healthcareStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Nov 25, 2025: RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN -
Authorizes the denial of access to certain public records which relate to civil investigations; requires the superintendent of state police to provide the department of law with direct, real-time access to the criminal gun clearinghouse; relates to the enforcement powers of the attorney general; aut
AI summary Authorizes the attorney general to investigate and bring civil actions against public elementary and secondary schools for repeated or persistent discrimination based on gender expression or gender identity.
education, otherStage: ✕ Vetoed Oct 16, 2025: VETOED MEMO.53 -
Authorizes the denial of access to certain public records which relate to civil investigations; requires the superintendent of state police to provide the department of law with direct, real-time access to the criminal gun clearinghouse; relates to the enforcement powers of the attorney general; aut
AI summary Authorizes the attorney general to investigate and bring civil actions against public elementary, secondary, and charter schools for repeated or persistent discrimination based on gender expression or gender identity, expanding the AG's enforcement role in protecting against such discrimination in K
educationStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jun 17, 2025: substituted by s8411 -
Protects individuals who provide or receive legally protected health activity, including reproductive health care and gender-affirming care, from criminal or civil liability or professional sanctions imposed by jurisdictions outside the state.
AI summary Shields providers and recipients of gender-affirming care performed in New York from out-of-state civil, criminal, or professional sanctions, and bars New York courts from issuing subpoenas or discovery orders in most out-of-state proceedings targeting such care, so greater access to and legal safeh
healthcare, otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) May 29, 2025: substituted by s4914b -
Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state public protection and general government budget for the 2025-2026 state fiscal year; extends provisions of law relating to criminal justice including the psychological testing of candidates, expanding the geographic are
AI summary Establishes a state office of gun violence prevention to advance prevention efforts, fund and coordinate programs, conduct public education including on safe firearm storage and child access prevention laws, and support local interventions, so more state activity and resources aimed at reducing gun-
otherStage: ✕ Died (session ended) May 7, 2025: SUBSTITUTED BY A3005C -
Protects women's sports in middle school and high school from unfair competition.
AI summary Requires school sports teams designated for females to exclude anyone not assigned female at birth, so less access to those teams for transgender girls.
Restricts transgender recognition & accesssportsStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Apr 4, 2025: enacting clause stricken -
Prohibits a court from granting, denying or deciding a petition for guardianship, custody or visitation solely on the allegation or basis that a parent or guardian is providing or facilitating the provision of gender affirming care to the subject child.
AI summary Prohibits courts from denying custody, guardianship or visitation based on a parent providing gender-affirming care, so more access to such care for transgender minors in family-law disputes.
healthcare, educationStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Apr 2, 2025: REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES -
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 buil
AI summary 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.
bathroomsStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Mar 26, 2025: REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS -
Relates to consideration of gender-affirming health care or gender-affirming mental health care in child custody cases for purposes of jurisdiction, forum and enforcement of custody orders.
AI summary Makes it easier for parents to obtain gender-affirming care for their children by granting NY courts jurisdiction when a child is present for such care, treating denial of care as grounds for emergency jurisdiction, deeming other states' restrictive laws against public policy, and excluding suchcare
healthcareNo change to transgender recognition & accesseducationStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 17, 2025: REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES -
Requires the board of education and the trustees or sole trustee of every school district to establish policies and procedures regarding the treatment of transgender or gender non-conforming students.
AI summary Requires schools to treat students according to their gender identity or expression in names, pronouns, activities, facilities, and records, so more access and recognition for transgender students in schools.
education, id documents, bathrooms, sportsStage: ✕ Died (session ended) Jan 8, 2025: REFERRED TO EDUCATION
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