Assembly Bill A113A

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

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

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Current Bill Status Via S5913 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2023-A113 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5913
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §267, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10601
2019-2020: A290, S3125
2021-2022: A5158, S3472

2023-A113 - Summary

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

2023-A113 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    113
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Health
 
 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.
                                                            LBD01363-01-3

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2023-A113A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5913
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §267, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10601
2019-2020: A290, S3125
2021-2022: A5158, S3472

2023-A113A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2023-A113A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  113--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, RAGA -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Health -- reported and  referred
   to  the  Committee  on  Ways  and  Means -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing menstru-
   al 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] MENSTRUAL products in schools. All elementa-
 ry  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] MENSTRUAL 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.
                                                            LBD01363-03-3

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