Bill Text: NY A08264 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-31 - advanced to third reading cal.513 [A08264 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A08264-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8264--B

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     August 25, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Governmental Operations -- recommitted to  the  Committee
          on  Governmental Operations in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2
          -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
          and  recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said commit-
          tee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and  recommitted  to
          said committee

        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:

     1    Section 1. Section 625 of the correction law, as added by chapter  392
     2  of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
     3    §  625.  [Feminine  hygiene]  Menstrual  products.  [Feminine hygiene]
     4  Menstrual products, including, but not limited  to,  [sanitary  napkins]
     5  pads, tampons and panty liners, shall be provided at no cost to individ-
     6  uals  housed  in  state  and  local correctional facilities used for the
     7  general confinement of [female inmates] incarcerated individuals and  in
     8  any other state or local facility where [women] incarcerated individuals
     9  are detained or confined by law enforcement agencies.
    10    §  2.  Section  267 of the public health law, as added by section 1 of
    11  part Q of chapter 56 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
    12    § 267. [Feminine hygiene] Menstrual products in schools. All elementa-
    13  ry and secondary public schools in the state  serving  students  in  any
    14  grade  from  grade  six  through  grade  twelve  shall provide [feminine
    15  hygiene] menstrual products in the restrooms of such school building  or
    16  buildings. Such products shall be provided at no charge to students.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11945-05-2
        A. 8264--B                          2

     1    §  3. Paragraph 3-a of subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law,
     2  as added by chapter 99 of the laws  of  2016,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    (3-a) [Feminine hygiene] Menstrual products, including, but not limit-
     5  ed to, [sanitary napkins] pads, tampons and panty liners.
     6    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.