---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to denial of access to an employee toilet facility"
description: "Relates to denial of access to an employee toilet facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 8821"
citation: "New York A 8821 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PAULIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-11-25"
last_action: "2020-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5983efc0-88f9-4074-91da-8c168e9afd02"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A8821"
source_hash: "608a7bee1374103a18487a6616366fec635108cf95614ac3e8622e7abc792f0a"
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 8821 (2019-2020) — Relates to denial of access to an employee toilet facility

Relates to denial of access to an employee toilet facility.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8821** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8821&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- PAULIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-11-25** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-13** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-20** REPORTED
- **2020-07-20** RULES REPORT CAL.185
- **2020-07-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.185
- **2020-07-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-22** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-07-22** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7211
- **2020-07-23** 3RD READING CAL.581
- **2020-07-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-09-25** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-07** SIGNED CHAP.208 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5983efc0-88f9-4074-91da-8c168e9afd02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).