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A00686 Summary:

BILL NO	A00686
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Rosenthal L (MS)
COSPNSR	Lupardo, Pheffer Amato, Peoples-Stokes, De La Rosa, Seawright, Jaffee, Simotas, Simon, Arroyo, Jean-Pierre, Lifton, Wright, Titus, Richardson, Niou, Williams, Gunther, Davila, Joyner, Solages, Hunter, Glick, Hyndman, Walker, Paulin, Gottfried, Blake, Colton, Miller MG, Crespo, Rivera, Dilan, Aubry, Steck, Pichardo, Barron, Darling, Cruz, Fernandez, Griffin
MLTSPNSR	Cook, Dickens, Englebright, Epstein, Galef, Miller ML, Wallace, Walsh
Add §152-c, Soc Serv L
Relates to providing feminine hygiene products at no cost to menstruating individuals in homeless shelters, including, but not limited to, sanitary napkins, tampons and panty liners.

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A00686 Actions:

BILL NO	A00686
01/09/2019	referred to social services
05/30/2019	reported referred to ways and means
01/08/2020	referred to ways and means

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A00686 Committee Votes:

Committee:SOCIAL SERVICES   Chair:Hevesi      
DATE:05/30/2019AYE/NAY:15/1  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Hevesi
Aye
Walczyk
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Goodell
Nay
Kim
Aye
Stec
Aye
Solages
Aye
LiPetri
Aye
Pichardo
Aye
Salka
Aye
Davila
Aye
Barron
Aye
Joyner
Absent
Hunter
Aye
Rosenthal
Aye
Fernandez
Aye
Eichenstein
Aye
Reyes
Absent

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A00686 Floor Votes:

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A00686 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           686
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced   by   M.   of   A.   L. ROSENTHAL,  LUPARDO,  PHEFFER AMATO,
          PEOPLES-STOKES, DE LA ROSA, SEAWRIGHT, JAFFEE, SIMOTAS, SIMON, ARROYO,
          JEAN-PIERRE,  LIFTON,  WRIGHT,  TITUS,  RICHARDSON,  NIOU,   WILLIAMS,
          GUNTHER,  DAVILA,  JOYNER,  SOLAGES,  HUNTER,  GLICK, HYNDMAN, WALKER,
          PAULIN, GOTTFRIED, BLAKE, COLTON, M. G. MILLER, CRESPO, RIVERA, DILAN,
          AUBRY, STECK, PICHARDO, BARRON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK,
          DICKENS, ENGLEBRIGHT, EPSTEIN, GALEF, M. L. MILLER, WALLACE, WALSH  --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services
 
        AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to providing femi-
          nine hygiene products at no cost  to  adults  and  children  receiving
          temporary housing assistance
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  section
     2  152-c to read as follows:
     3    §  152-c.  Feminine  hygiene  products.  Except  in  a social services
     4  district with a population of five million  or  more,  any  provider  of
     5  temporary housing assistance, which shall include but not be limited to,
     6  a family shelter, a shelter for adults, a hotel, an emergency apartment,
     7  a  domestic violence shelter, a runaway and homeless youth shelter, or a
     8  safe house for refugees, shall be required to provide  feminine  hygiene
     9  products,  including,  but not limited to, sanitary napkins, tampons and
    10  panty liners, at no cost to menstruating individuals.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00519-01-9

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