Bill Text: NY A04060 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Requires menstrual products in all public college and university buildings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-1)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-05 - RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY [A04060 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A04060-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Requires menstrual products in all public college and university buildings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-1)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-05 - RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY [A04060 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A04060-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4060 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 9, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, ARDILA, BORES, BURDICK, BURGOS, COLTON, GALLAGHER, LAVINE, LEE, LEVENBERG, MAGNARELLI, RAGA, RIVERA, ROZIC, SHIMSKY, SIMON, STIRPE, McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring menstru- al products in public colleges and universities; in relation to replacing the term "feminine hygiene" with "menstrual" The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Title 6 of the public health law is amended by adding a new 2 section 267-a to read as follows: 3 § 267-a. Menstrual products in public colleges and universities. All 4 public colleges and universities in the state shall provide menstrual 5 products in the restrooms of such school building or buildings. Such 6 products shall be provided at no charge to students. 7 § 2. Section 267 of the public health law, as added by section 1 of 8 part Q of chapter 56 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows: 9 § 267. [Feminine hygiene] Menstrual products in schools. All elementa- 10 ry and secondary public schools in the state serving students in any 11 grade from grade six through grade twelve shall provide [feminine12hygiene] menstrual products in the restrooms of such school building or 13 buildings. Such products shall be provided at no charge to students. 14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03087-02-3