S 7147: Prohibits a court from granting, denying or deciding a petition for guardianship, custody or visitation solely on the allegation or basis that a parent or guardian is providing or facilitating the provision of gender affirming care to the subject child.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7147 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE April 2, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to the consider- ation of gender affirming care in custody matters The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The domestic relations law is amended by adding a new 2 section 75-n to read as follows: 3 § 75-n. Consideration of providing gender affirming care. 1. The court 4 may not grant, deny or decide a petition for guardianship, custody or 5 visitation solely on the allegation or basis that a parent or guardian 6 is providing or facilitating the provision of gender affirming care to 7 the subject child. 8 2. As used in this section, "gender affirming care" means care for the 9 subject child which encompasses a range of social, psychological, behav- 10 ioral, and medical interventions designed to support and affirm an indi- 11 vidual's gender identity when it conflicts with the gender they were 12 assigned at birth. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00110-01-5