What's happening
This bill requires New York state agencies to collect and publicly report demographic data on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Why it matters
Improves visibility of LGBTQ+ populations. By requiring agencies to collect and report data on sexual orientation and gender identity, the bill addresses longstanding gaps in demographic data, helping to make LGBTQ+ individuals and their unique needs more visible in public policy and service delivery.
Enables better-informed policymaking. With more comprehensive data, state agencies and lawmakers can identify disparities, track outcomes, and allocate resources more effectively to support LGBTQ+ communities, potentially leading to more equitable and inclusive programs.
Protects personal privacy. The bill mandates that personally identifying information remains confidential, balancing the need for public reporting with the protection of individual privacy and security, especially for vulnerable populations.
Standardizes data collection across agencies. By instructing all relevant state entities to use separate categories for sexual orientation and gender identity, it creates consistency in data reporting, allowing for more accurate analysis and meaningful comparisons over time and across agencies.
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Track LGBTQ Demographics Statewide
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Sponsors
2 Co-sponsors
History
- Substituted by S6321
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.205
- Rules report cal.205
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Reported referred to codes
- Referred to governmental operations
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Track LGBTQ Demographics Statewide
Vetoed · Sponsor Kevin Thomas
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7929
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 28, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the collection of certain demographic information by certain state agencies, boards and commissions
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 170-c to read as follows:
§ 170-c. Collection of demographic information. 1. Every state agency, board, or commission that directly or by contract collects demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of residents of the state of New York shall use separate collection categories and tabulations for sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.
2. The term "gender identity or expression" means having or being perceived as having a gender identity, self-image, appearance, behavior or expression whether or not that gender identity, self-image, appearance, behavior or expression is different from that traditionally associated with the sex assigned to that person at birth.
3. The data collected pursuant to the different collection categories and tabulations described in subdivision one of this section shall be included in every demographic report on ancestry or ethnic origins of residents of the state of New York by the state agency, board, or commission published or released on or after July first, in the calendar year following the effective date of this section. The data shall be made available to the public in accordance with state and federal law, except for personal identifying information, which shall be deemed confidential, by posting the data on the internet web site of the agency on or before July first, in the calendar year following the effective date of this section, and annually thereafter. This subdivision shall not be construed to prevent any other state agency from posting data
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[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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collected pursuant to subdivision one of this section on the agency's internet web site, in the manner prescribed by this section.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law.
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