Bill Text: NY A04060 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4060

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft

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 [feminine
    12  hygiene] 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