New York Assembly Bill A07008 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7008 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 18, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MAHER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the general construction law, in relation to prohibiting the use of the term "sex work" and certain variations thereof in law The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general construction law is amended by adding a new 2 article 2-B to read as follows: 3 ARTICLE 2-B 4 PROHIBITED TERMS 5 Section 69. Prohibited terms. 6 § 69. Prohibited terms. The following terms shall be prohibited from 7 being used in any law, rule, regulation, or resolution: 8 a. "Sex work" and "sex worker"; and 9 b. "Sex-work" and "sex-worker". 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09709-02-5