Senate Bill S3472

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires feminine hygiene products to be offered for free in non-public schools

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S3472 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5158
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §267, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10601
2019-2020: S3125, A290
2023-2024: S5913, A113

2021-S3472 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires feminine hygiene products to be offered for free in non-public schools.

2021-S3472 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3472 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3472
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Women's Issues
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing feminine
   hygiene products in non-public schools
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 267 of the public health law, as added by section 1
 of  part  Q  of  chapter  56  of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 267. Feminine  hygiene  products  in  schools.  All  elementary  and
 secondary  public  schools  AND  NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS in the state serving
 students in any grade from grade six through grade twelve shall  provide
 feminine  hygiene  products  in the restrooms of such school building or
 buildings. Such products shall be provided at no charge to students.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02854-03-1

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