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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7547
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 22, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
appearance enhancement businesses to display a poster about gender-
based violence
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
2 408-c to read as follows:
3 § 408-C. GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AWARENESS POSTER IN APPEARANCE ENHANCE-
4 MENT BUSINESSES. 1. THE OFFICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,
5 IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
6 STATE, SHALL CREATE A POSTER CONTAINING INFORMATION ON RECOGNIZING SIGNS
7 OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES IN THE STATE, INCLUD-
8 ING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TOLL-FREE HOTLINES AND VICTIM SERVICES. THE
9 POSTER SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE IN THE TOP TEN NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGES
10 SPOKEN IN THE STATE, AS DETERMINED BY THE MOST RECENT AMERICAN COMMUNITY
11 SURVEY DATA.
12 2. THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SHALL PROVIDE SUCH POSTERS TO APPEARANCE
13 ENHANCEMENT BUSINESSES AT NO COST. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE MINIMUM
14 CONTENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS FOR BUSINESSES THAT ELECT TO CREATE AND
15 DISPLAY THEIR OWN POSTERS, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE DEPARTMENT.
16 3. EVERY APPEARANCE ENHANCEMENT BUSINESS LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS
17 ARTICLE SHALL POST, IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION ACCESSIBLE TO ALL CUSTOM-
18 ERS, A POSTER PROVIDED OR APPROVED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS
19 SECTION IN A LANGUAGE OF THE BUSINESS'S CHOICE.
20 4. THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS NECES-
21 SARY TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, INCLUDING PENALTIES FOR
22 NONCOMPLIANCE.
23 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
24 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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