---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to single-occupancy bathrooms"
description: "Relates to making all single-occupancy bathrooms gender neutral in school districts, charter schools, SUNY, CUNY, community colleges, restaurants, bars, mercantile establishments, factories and state owned or operated buildings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 5240"
citation: "New York A 5240 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'DONNELL"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2020-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3d10013-ec7b-4bc0-98fa-a748318ebc6c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A5240"
source_hash: "9411aa4fd1ce7e6aad3ce40dabd2760fbf791dde43aab28966392bf370ac2cd7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 5240 (2019-2020) — Relates to single-occupancy bathrooms

Relates to making all single-occupancy bathrooms gender neutral in school districts, charter schools, SUNY, CUNY, community colleges, restaurants, bars, mercantile establishments, factories and state owned or operated buildings.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A5240** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5240&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A5240A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A5240A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **52–8** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- O'DONNELL — primary (person)
- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
- ARROYO — cosponsor (person)
- BICHOTTE — cosponsor (person)
- BLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- BRONSON — cosponsor (person)
- BUCHWALD — cosponsor (person)
- BYRNE — cosponsor (person)
- CAHILL — cosponsor (person)
- CARROLL — cosponsor (person)
- CRESPO — cosponsor (person)
- CUSICK — cosponsor (person)
- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
- DE LA ROSA — cosponsor (person)
- DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
- EPSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GLICK — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- GUNTHER — cosponsor (person)
- HEVESI — cosponsor (person)
- HYNDMAN — cosponsor (person)
- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
- JEAN-PIERRE — cosponsor (person)
- JONES — cosponsor (person)
- KIM — cosponsor (person)
- LAVINE — cosponsor (person)
- LENTOL — cosponsor (person)
- LIFTON — cosponsor (person)
- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)
- NIOU — cosponsor (person)
- NOLAN — cosponsor (person)
- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
- PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- PHEFFER AMATO — cosponsor (person)
- PICHARDO — cosponsor (person)
- QUART — cosponsor (person)
- RAIA — cosponsor (person)
- REYES — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
- ROZIC — cosponsor (person)
- SANTABARBARA — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- SIMOTAS — cosponsor (person)
- SMULLEN — cosponsor (person)
- SOLAGES — cosponsor (person)
- STECK — cosponsor (person)
- STIRPE — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
- VANEL — cosponsor (person)
- WALKER — cosponsor (person)
- WALLACE — cosponsor (person)
- WEINSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- WOERNER — cosponsor (person)
- WRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- ZEBROWSKI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-07** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-05** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-05** PRINT NUMBER 5240A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-10** REPORTED
- **2020-03-12** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.473
- **2020-07-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-07-21** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6479A
- **2020-07-22** 3RD READING CAL.796
- **2020-07-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-22** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-12-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.353 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3d10013-ec7b-4bc0-98fa-a748318ebc6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).