---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the definition of sexual orientation as applicable to the human rights law"
description: "Relates to the definition of \"sexual orientation\" as applicable to the human rights law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 2442"
citation: "New York S 2442 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Hoylman-Sigal"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b24fc61-9732-424f-aa1f-50d5e7fa89e1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S2442"
source_hash: "5a663043c1ab70cab8f0fbb595b8887cf72ee793232cff95f64e27d4c092b7bf"
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 2442 (2023-2024) — Relates to the definition of sexual orientation as applicable to the human rights law

Relates to the definition of "sexual orientation" as applicable to the human rights law.

## Version chain

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

1. **S2442** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2442&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–3** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — primary (person)
- Julia Salazar — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** 1ST REPORT CAL.482
- **2023-03-15** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-03-16** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-03-27** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-03-27** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-03-27** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7367
- **2023-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.476
- **2023-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-01** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-25** SIGNED CHAP.142 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b24fc61-9732-424f-aa1f-50d5e7fa89e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).