---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to permitting employees of public utilities access to certain restroom facilities without being a paying customer"
description: "Permits employees of public utility corporations or public utility companies access to certain restroom facilities without being a paying customer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 5444"
citation: "New York S 5444 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jessica Scarcella-Spanton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-06"
last_action: "2023-11-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21bdcbb7-6e88-4daf-ab66-25609865046a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S5444"
source_hash: "f45a33d4c946f0722d607de195886ea8ecb3b9e8a533b8da4125aeb7ffd43591"
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 5444 (2023-2024) — Relates to permitting employees of public utilities access to certain restroom facilities without being a paying customer

Permits employees of public utility corporations or public utility companies access to certain restroom facilities without being a paying customer.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5444** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5444&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **57–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **135–13** (pass) · lower
- Consumer Protection Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06** REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** 1ST REPORT CAL.662
- **2023-04-26** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-31** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-31** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6978
- **2023-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.278
- **2023-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-11-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-11-17** SIGNED CHAP.660 `executive-signature`
- **2023-11-17** APPROVAL MEMO.29

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21bdcbb7-6e88-4daf-ab66-25609865046a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).