---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the use of gender-neutral terminology on state websites"
description: "Establishes that state agencies or authorities shall implement gender-neutral terminology on state websites."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 1371"
citation: "New York A 1371 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Linda Rosenthal"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f075b0f-2f15-4ee8-be01-1506aca248e5"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A1371"
source_hash: "9f4d178cbcac4b0e100e632e276b4e91b5bb5cfa7a64d6d90c35e81c0d8c7796"
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 1371 (2023-2024) — Requires the use of gender-neutral terminology on state websites

Establishes that state agencies or authorities shall implement gender-neutral terminology on state websites.

## Version chain

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

1. **A1371** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1371&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A1371A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A1371A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **58–3** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Linda Rosenthal — primary (person)
- Chantel Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** PRINT NUMBER 1371A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-09** REPORTED
- **2023-05-11** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.194
- **2023-05-15** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-15** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-15** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR S208A
- **2023-05-30** 3RD READING CAL.430
- **2023-05-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-30** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-25** SIGNED CHAP.140 `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-25** APPROVAL MEMO.4

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f075b0f-2f15-4ee8-be01-1506aca248e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).