Bill Text: NY S03125 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires feminine hygiene products to be offered for free in charter schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2019-12-13 - tabled [S03125 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S03125-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3125
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 4, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Women's Issues
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing feminine
          hygiene products in charter schools
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 267 of the public health law, as added by section 1
     2  of  part  Q  of  chapter  56  of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    § 267. Feminine  hygiene  products  in  schools.  All  elementary  and
     5  secondary  public  schools  and  charter  schools  in  the state serving
     6  students in any grade from grade six through grade twelve shall  provide
     7  feminine  hygiene  products  in the restrooms of such school building or
     8  buildings. Such products shall be provided at no charge to students.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02158-01-9