Assembly Bill A1296

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Replaces all instances of the words or variations of the words feminine hygiene products and sanitary napkins with the words menstrual products or pads, respectively, or a variation thereof

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Current Bill Status Via S1522 - 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-A1296 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1522
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §625, Cor L; amd §267, Pub Health L; amd §1115, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8264, S8229

2023-A1296 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Replaces all instances of the words or variations of the words feminine hygiene products and sanitary napkins with the words menstrual products or pads, respectively, or a variation thereof.

2023-A1296 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1296
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, the public health law  and  the  tax
   law, in relation to replacing all instances of the words or variations
   of  the  words feminine hygiene products and sanitary napkins with the
   words menstrual products and pads, respectively, or a variation there-
   of
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  625 of the correction law, as amended by chapter
 486 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   § 625.  [Feminine  hygiene]  MENSTRUAL  products.  [Feminine  hygiene]
 MENSTRUAL  products,  including,  but not limited to, [sanitary napkins]
 PADS, tampons and panty liners, shall be provided at no cost to individ-
 uals housed in state and local  correctional  facilities  used  for  the
 general  confinement  of  [female]  incarcerated  individuals and in any
 other state or local facility where [women] INDIVIDUALS are detained  or
 confined by law enforcement agencies.
   §  2.  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 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.
   §  3. Paragraph 3-a of subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law,
 as added by chapter 99 of the laws  of  2016,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (3-a) [Feminine hygiene] MENSTRUAL products, including, but not limit-
 ed to, [sanitary napkins] PADS, tampons and panty liners.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02584-01-3

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