---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to access to certain restroom facilities by employees of a utility entity"
description: "Relates to access to certain restroom facilities by employees of a utility entity who is on duty providing utility-related services; provides that a place of business shall not be immune from certain liabilities resulting from such use; defines \"employee of a utility entity\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8064"
citation: "New York S 8064 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jessica Scarcella-Spanton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-02-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e928b12-0244-4771-9527-2b44a22c6731"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8064"
source_hash: "0ed903530e055b784624540c3ab72ea72447774c1b2bb419f333c6d60d4fcf56"
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 8064 (2023-2024) — Relates to access to certain restroom facilities by employees of a utility entity

Relates to access to certain restroom facilities by employees of a utility entity who is on duty providing utility-related services; provides that a place of business shall not be immune from certain liabilities resulting from such use; defines "employee of a utility entity".

## Version chain

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

1. **S8064** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8064&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **57–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–5** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **20–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.51
- **2024-01-17** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-01-17** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-17** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8541
- **2024-01-29** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.281
- **2024-01-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-01-30** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-02-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-07** SIGNED CHAP.72 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e928b12-0244-4771-9527-2b44a22c6731`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).