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Assembly Bill A8840

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides that no state or local correctional facility shall deny entry to a visitor to such facility due to the fact that such person is menstruating, wearing a menstrual product or has a contraceptive device

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2025-A8840 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8353
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add §138-b, Cor L

2025-A8840 - Summary

Provides that no state or local correctional facility shall deny entry to a person visiting such facility due to the fact that such person is menstruating or has a contraceptive device or appears on body scan imaging or alternative methods to have or be using a menstrual product or contraceptive device.

2025-A8840 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8840
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HOOKS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to visitors  to  correc-
   tional  facilities who are menstruating, wearing menstrual products or
   have a contraceptive device
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 138-b
 to read as follows:
   §  138-B.  VISITORS TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES; MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS AND
 CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES. NO STATE OR  LOCAL  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY  SHALL
 DENY  ENTRY OR CONTACT-VISITS TO A PERSON VISITING AN INCARCERATED INDI-
 VIDUAL AT SUCH FACILITY DUE TO THE FACT THAT SUCH PERSON IS MENSTRUATING
 OR HAS A CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE, OR IT APPEARS ON  BODY  SCAN  IMAGING  OR
 ALTERNATIVE  SCREENING  METHODS  THAT  SUCH  PERSON  HAS  OR  IS USING A
 MENSTRUAL PRODUCT OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED  TO
 MENSTRUAL  PADS,  TAMPONS, MENSTRUAL CUPS, MENSTRUAL DISCS, INTRAUTERINE
 DEVICES, CONTRACEPTIVE IMPLANTS, AND VAGINAL RINGS. SUCH PRODUCTS  SHALL
 NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE REMOVED FOR ENTRY OR CONTACT-VISITS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13262-03-5

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2025-A8840A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8353
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add §138-b, Cor L

2025-A8840A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that no state or local correctional facility shall deny entry to a person visiting such facility due to the fact that such person is menstruating or has a contraceptive device or appears on body scan imaging or alternative methods to have or be using a menstrual product or contraceptive device.

2025-A8840A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8840--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. HOOKS, PAULIN, KELLES, TAPIA, BURROUGHS, RAGA,
   MEEKS -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on  Correction  --
   recommitted to the Committee on Correction in accordance with Assembly
   Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to visitors  to  correc-
   tional  facilities who are menstruating, wearing menstrual products or
   have a contraceptive device
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 138-c
 to read as follows:
   §  138-C.  VISITORS TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES; MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS AND
 CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES. NO STATE OR  LOCAL  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY  SHALL
 DENY  ENTRY OR CONTACT-VISITS TO A PERSON VISITING AN INCARCERATED INDI-
 VIDUAL AT SUCH FACILITY DUE TO THE FACT THAT SUCH PERSON IS MENSTRUATING
 OR HAS A CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE, OR IT APPEARS ON  BODY  SCAN  IMAGING  OR
 ALTERNATIVE  SCREENING  METHODS  THAT  SUCH  PERSON  HAS  OR  IS USING A
 MENSTRUAL PRODUCT OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED  TO
 MENSTRUAL  PADS,  TAMPONS, MENSTRUAL CUPS, MENSTRUAL DISCS, INTRAUTERINE
 DEVICES, CONTRACEPTIVE IMPLANTS, AND VAGINAL RINGS. SUCH PRODUCTS  SHALL
 NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE REMOVED FOR ENTRY OR CONTACT-VISITS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13262-04-6

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