Governor Hochul has until Dec. 31st to sign or veto hundreds of bills. Among them are four pieces of legislation that help protect and defend LGBTQ people from discrimination. Join SDNYC on Zoom Wednesday at 6:30 to briefly learn about the bills below and tools YOU can use to help ensure the Governor knows how important these issues are to our community. Register for the meeting here.

SDNYC Urges Governor Hochul To Sign:

The Freedom to Read Act ( Simone A7777 / May S1099) would fight school districts across NYS that have tried to ban books with LGBTQ content by requiring statewide regulations that make sure library collections are vibrant and inclusive.
Shield Law 2.0 (S.4914-B (Hoylman-Sigal)/A.5480-C (Bronson)) will strengthen, and fill gaps in, our state's shield laws to ensure that New York State will not be complicit in hostile states' and the Trump Administration's efforts to investigate, prosecute, or punish those who seek, provide, and facilitate reproductive health care and gender-affirming care in New York.
New York Health Information Privacy Act: (S.929- Hinchey /A.2141 - Rozic) will help New Yorkers to know whether the hospital in their area provides the care they need prior to admission and would assist the State in identifying care deserts where particular types of care are completely unavailable. It takes on new urgency as hospitals began denying gender-affirming care in response to Trump’s anti-trans executive orders; community members, families, and advocates have been desperately seeking information about which hospitals are denying care.
The Hospital Transparency Act (A.3862/S.3486)(S.929 (Krueger)/A.2141(Rosenthal)) will give New Yorkers more control over their electronic health information, like Fitbit, smartwatch, and period tracking app data, and make it harder for hostile states or the federal government to use those data to investigate, prosecute, or punish people who seek, provide, or support access to health reproductive health care and gender-affirming care in New York.