New York LGBTQ+ Bills

Suspends all unnecessary travel to states that permit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression

Relates to divorce and the consideration by the court of companion animals

Requires the office for the aging to make an annual report on the budget expenditures on behalf of the senior population of the state

Requires Medicaid to cover gender-affirming care regardless of federal funding; prohibits discriminatory practices by health care entities and insurers; relates to coverage for treatment for gender dysphoria

Establishes a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for 2026-2027 providing Public Health and Mental Health programs and services

Establishes a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning plus crisis hotline

Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim October 11, 2026, as Coming Out Day in the State of New York, in conjunction with the observance of National Coming Out Day

Commemorating the 34th Anniversary of Queens Pride Parade on June 7, 2026

Replaces the terms father, mother, and filiation to gender neutral language; repealer

Relates to enacting the "traveling with dignity act"

Requires patient hospital admissions form to allow patient to designate a domestic partner with the same privileges as a next-of-kin respecting authorizing surgery

Relates to enacting the "traveling with dignity act"

Relates to making technical corrections to ensure gender neutrality for the admission to practice law and preventing required disclosure of prior interaction with law enforcement or the criminal justice system

Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2026, as Gay Pride Month in the State of New York

Relates to ensuring the privacy of name change actions and of sex designation change actions; repealer

Establishes a state master plan on aging dashboard

Relates to prescription labels for gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists, pubertal suppressants, anabolic steroids, alpha reductase inhibitors, progestins, or drug classes for hormone replacement therapy

Establishes standards for the design and construction of all-gender bathrooms

Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2026, as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month in the State of New York

Prevents a judge from prohibiting a parent from undergoing a gender reassignment when making a determination in a child custody case