A 5409: Requires local social services districts distribute shelter information specifically for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gender non-conforming persons on the district's website and as pamphlets at intake shelters.
What A 5409 does, verified February 26, 2026
The bill requires local social services districts to provide information on shelter options specifically for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gender non-conforming individuals. This information must be included on their shelter webpage and as a pamphlet provided to intake shelters. The information should specify where individuals can go if they are looking for shelter and whether lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gender non-conforming shelter beds are available in their municipality. If no such beds are available, the agency must list nearby non-profit or other shelter options for these individuals. This requirement aims to ensure that these individuals have access to relevant and supportive shelter options.
Bill journey
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Last action: referred to social services (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5409
- What is the current status of A 5409?
- As of February 26, 2026, A 5409 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to social services".
- Did A 5409 pass?
- Not yet. A 5409 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5409, and where is it now?
- A 5409 was authored by Asm. Steven Raga with 2 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Social Services. It is filed under SOS, alongside 102 other New York SOS bills this session.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to social services |
| Feb. 13, 2025 | referred to social services |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 13, 2025 · 271 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5409 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RAGA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring local social services districts distribute shelter information specifically for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gender non-conforming persons The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 17 of the social services law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision (m) to read as follows: 3 (m) require all local social services districts to provide information 4 including resources and accommodations for lesbian, gay, bisexual, 5 transgender, and gender non-conforming individuals on their shelter 6 webpage and as a pamphlet provided to intake shelters. Such information 7 shall: 8 (i) specify where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gender 9 non-conforming individuals should go if they are looking to be housed in 10 a shelter. 11 (ii) include whether lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gender 12 non-conforming shelter beds are an option in their municipality and, if 13 there are no such shelter beds, the agency shall list resources of near- 14 by non-profits or other lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gender 15 non-conforming shelter options within the municipality. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 17 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04143-01-5
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