Senate Bill S3866A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides access to menstrual products in toilet facilities in certain public buildings

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Women's Issues 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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2025-S3866 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Women's Issues
Law Section:
Public Buildings Law
Laws Affected:
Add §148, Pub Bldg L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S9184

2025-S3866 - Summary

Provides access to menstrual products in toilet facilities in public buildings owned by the state that are determined to be opened to the public; requires reporting.

2025-S3866 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3866 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3866
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Women's Issues
 
 AN ACT to amend the public  buildings  law,  in  relation  to  providing
   access  to  menstrual  products in toilet facilities in certain public
   buildings

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public buildings law is amended by adding a new section
 148 to read as follows:
   § 148. ACCESS TO MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS IN TOILET FACILITIES. 1. MENSTRUAL
 PRODUCTS  SHALL  BE  PROVIDED AT NO COST, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 SANITARY NAPKINS, TAMPONS AND PANTY LINERS IN ALL FEMALE-DESIGNATED  AND
 GENDER-NEUTRAL  WASHROOMS  AND TOILET FACILITIES IN EVERY COVERED PUBLIC
 BUILDING.
   2. TWO YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION THE COMMISSIONER
 OF GENERAL SERVICES SHALL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND BOTH HOUSES OF  THE
 LEGISLATURE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   I. THE NUMBER OF TOILET FACILITIES THIS SECTION APPLIES TO;
   II. THE COST OF IMPLEMENTING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION;
   III.  THE  NUMBER  OF  TOILET  FACILITIES  THAT REQUIRED RENOVATION TO
 IMPLEMENT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION;
   IV. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS PURCHASED BY THE STATE,  IN
 RELATION TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION, IN THE PRIOR YEAR; AND
   V.  THE  TOTAL COST TO THE STATE TO IMPLEMENT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
 SECTION.
   3. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "COVERED  PUBLIC  BUILDING"  SHALL
 MEAN  A  PUBLIC BUILDING AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, THAT
 IS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL SERVICES TO BE OPEN TO  THE
 PUBLIC. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "COVERED PUBLIC BUILDING" SHALL NOT
 MEAN  ANY STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK BUILDINGS, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW
 YORK BUILDINGS, OR ANY BUILDINGS OWNED OR LEASED BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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2025-S3866A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Women's Issues
Law Section:
Public Buildings Law
Laws Affected:
Add §148, Pub Bldg L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S9184

2025-S3866A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides access to menstrual products in toilet facilities in public buildings owned by the state that are determined to be opened to the public; requires reporting.

2025-S3866A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3866A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3866--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. HINCHEY, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when  printed  to  be  committed to the Committee on Women's Issues --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  buildings law, in relation to providing
   access to menstrual products in toilet facilities  in  certain  public
   buildings
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public buildings law is amended by adding a new section
 148 to read as follows:
   § 148. ACCESS TO MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS IN TOILET FACILITIES. 1. MENSTRUAL
 PRODUCTS SHALL BE PROVIDED AT NO COST, INCLUDING, BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,
 SANITARY  NAPKINS, TAMPONS AND PANTY LINERS IN ALL FEMALE-DESIGNATED AND
 GENDER-NEUTRAL WASHROOMS AND TOILET FACILITIES IN EVERY  COVERED  PUBLIC
 BUILDING.
   2. TWO YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION THE COMMISSIONER
 OF  GENERAL SERVICES SHALL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND BOTH HOUSES OF THE
 LEGISLATURE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   I. THE NUMBER OF TOILET FACILITIES THIS SECTION APPLIES TO;
   II. THE COST OF IMPLEMENTING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION;
   III. THE NUMBER OF  TOILET  FACILITIES  THAT  REQUIRED  RENOVATION  TO
 IMPLEMENT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION;
   IV.  THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS PURCHASED BY THE STATE, IN
 RELATION TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION, IN THE PRIOR YEAR; AND
   V. THE TOTAL COST TO THE STATE TO IMPLEMENT THE REQUIREMENTS  OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   3.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "COVERED PUBLIC BUILDING" SHALL
 MEAN A PUBLIC BUILDING OWNED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK, UNDER THE  SUPER-
 VISION  AND  CONTROL  OF  THE  COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL SERVICES, THAT IS
 DETERMINED BY SUCH COMMISSIONER TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
   § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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