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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 5478: Enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act"

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 5478 is a bill introduced in the New York House on February 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act". Primary sponsor: Emily Gallagher (Democratic). It lists 37 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 8, 2026): PRINT NUMBER 5478A.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 27 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 1 · Democratic/Working Families 8

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Emily GallagherPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse50
Alex BoresCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse73
Harry BronsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse138
Chris BurdickCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse93
Robert CarrollCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Catalina CruzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse39
Maritza DavilaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse53
Jeffrey DinowitzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Harvey EpsteinCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Phara Souffrant ForrestCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse57
Eddie GibbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse68
Deborah GlickCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Jessica González-RojasCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse34
Rodneyse Bichotte HermelynCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Andrew HevesiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Chantel JacksonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Anna KellesCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse125
Grace LeeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Dana LevenbergCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse95
Donna LupardoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse123
Zohran MamdaniCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Demond MeeksCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse137
Steven RagaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Karines ReyesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse87
Gabriella RomeroCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse109
Linda RosenthalCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse67
Nily RozicCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse25
Manny De Los SantosCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse72
Rebecca SeawrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
MaryJane ShimskyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse92
Sarahana ShresthaCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse103
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Tony SimoneCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse75
Phil SteckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse110
Yudelka TapiaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse86
Al TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
David WeprinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse24
Jordan WrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse70

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. PRINT NUMBER 5478A
  2. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CORRECTION
  3. REFERRED TO CORRECTION
  4. REFERRED TO CORRECTION

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source