---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to requiring that all single occupancy bathrooms in state owned or operated buildings be designated as gender neutral"
description: "Requires that all single occupancy bathrooms in state owned or operated buildings and office space be designated as gender neutral."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5922"
citation: "New York S 5922 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SALAZAR"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-16"
last_action: "2019-12-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/152f5a87-2642-4922-9f01-7d634ffc270e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5922"
source_hash: "60f4104353c90c01adcc43799eab033b4423cad6bdc17cfe6e4deb895299eaeb"
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 S 5922 (2019-2020) — Relates to requiring that all single occupancy bathrooms in state owned or operated buildings be designated as gender neutral

Requires that all single occupancy bathrooms in state owned or operated buildings and office space be designated as gender neutral.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5922** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5922&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–4** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–2** (pass) · upper
- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SALAZAR — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-16** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29** 1ST REPORT CAL.972
- **2019-05-30** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-06-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-12** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A109
- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.170
- **2019-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-12-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-20** SIGNED CHAP.729 `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-20** APPROVAL MEMO.76

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/152f5a87-2642-4922-9f01-7d634ffc270e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).