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S06677 Summary:
BILL NO | S06677A |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A07001-B |
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SPONSOR | SALAZAR |
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COSPNSR | BENJAMIN, BIAGGI, BRISPORT, BROUK, GAUGHRAN, HOYLMAN, JACKSON, KAPLAN, MYRIE, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA, SKOUFIS |
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Amd §§137, 500-b & 500-k, add §72-d, Cor L | |
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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 at birth be addressed and have access to commissary items, clothing and other materials that are consistent with the person's gender identity; establishes that incarcerated individuals shall be presumptively placed in a correctional facility with persons of the gender that most closely aligns with such person's self-attested gender identity unless the person opts out of such placement. |