Requires hotel, motel and inn keepers to offer, in the registration office, condoms or similar prophylactic devices for sale to registered guests of such hotel, motel or inn.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A2207
SPONSOR: Glick TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
hotels, motels and innkeepers to offer condoms for sale to registered
guests
PURPOSE:
To prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases by requiring
hotels, motels and inns to make condoms available for sale.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Adds a new section 204-b to the General Business Law for sale of
condoms. Provides that owners of hotels, motels or inns shall have
condoms or similar prophylactics available for sale to registered quests
in the registration office.
JUSTIFICATION:
Over the past few years, this state has seen an enormous increase in the
incidence of AIDS. Rendering laws to prevent AIDS should, therefore, be
of primary concern. Medical studies have shown that proper use of
condoms will minimize the risk of spreading the AIDS virus. This bill is
an attempt to access such prophylactics in public accommodations.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2023-24: A.5829 Referred to Consumer Affairs and Protectionw
2019-20: A.4371 Referred to Economic Development
2017-18: A6531 Referred to economic development
2001-2: A.4229 Referred to economic development
1999-00: A.2805 Referred to economic development
1997-98: A,5127 Referred to economic development
1995-96: A74848 Referred to economic development
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State.
LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
The act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2207
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 15, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Consumer Affairs and Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
hotels, motels and innkeepers to offer condoms for sale to registered
guests
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
2 204-b to read as follows:
3 § 204-b. Sale of condoms. Every keeper of a hotel or motel or inn
4 shall, in the registration office, sell or offer for sale to registered
5 guests of such hotel or motel or inn condoms or similar prophylactic
6 devices designed to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
8 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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