S 2809 New York Senate · 2021 Regular Session

Relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated people based upon gender identity

Summary
Relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated people based upon gender identity; requires that incarcerated people in state and local correctional facilities who have a gender identity different from the person's assigned sex at birth be addressed and have access to commissary items, clothing and other materials that are consistent with the person's gender identity; and establishes that incarcerated people shall be presumptively placed in a correctional facility with persons of the gender that most closely aligns with such person's gender identity unless the person opts out of such placement, such person is free to change their mind and switch at any time.
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Jan 2021
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Introduced Jan 25, 2021 Last action Mar 30, 2021
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Jan 25, 2021
Senate · Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
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Luis Sepúlveda
DDemocratic
NY
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