Bill Text: NY S08672 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to providing feminine hygiene products at no cost to individuals in correctional facilities and to any other individual in a punitive custodial setting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-22 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S08672 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S08672-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8672 IN SENATE May 10, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to providing feminine hygiene products at no cost to individuals in correctional facilities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 625 2 to read as follows: 3 § 625. Feminine hygiene products. Feminine hygiene products, includ- 4 ing, but not limited to, sanitary napkins, tampons and panty liners, 5 shall be provided at no cost to individuals housed in state and local 6 correctional facilities used for the general confinement of female 7 inmates and in any other state or local facility where women are 8 detained or confined by law enforcement agencies. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01789-06-8
