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A1740 • 2025

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

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

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Linda Rosenthal
Last action
2026-05-07
Official status
Passed Senate
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

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

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

What This Bill Does

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

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-07 Senate

    SUBSTITUTED FOR S3866B

  2. 2026-05-07 Senate

    3RD READING CAL.846

  3. 2026-05-07 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  4. 2026-05-07 Senate

    RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

  5. 2026-04-28 Assembly

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

  6. 2026-04-28 Assembly

    DELIVERED TO SENATE

  7. 2026-04-28 Senate

    REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES

  8. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.67

  9. 2025-06-16 Assembly

    REPORTED

  10. 2025-06-16 Assembly

    RULES REPORT CAL.771

  11. 2025-06-16 Assembly

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.771

  12. 2025-06-16 Assembly

    SUBSTITUTED BY S3866B

  13. 2025-06-13 Assembly

    REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

  14. 2025-06-02 Assembly

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS

  15. 2025-06-02 Assembly

    PRINT NUMBER 1740A

  16. 2025-05-06 Assembly

    REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

  17. 2025-01-14 Assembly

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

Official Summary Text

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

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          1740

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                    January 14, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL, SIMON, GALLAGHER, GLICK, SHIMSKY,
          REYES, CRUZ, LEVENBERG, WALKER, TAYLOR, RAGA,  DE LOS SANTOS  --  read
          once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

        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:

     1    Section 1. The public buildings law is amended by adding a new section
     2  148 to read as follows:
     3    § 148. ACCESS TO MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS IN TOILET FACILITIES. 1. MENSTRUAL
     4  PRODUCTS SHALL BE PROVIDED AT NO COST, INCLUDING, BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,
     5  SANITARY  NAPKINS, TAMPONS AND PANTY LINERS IN ALL FEMALE-DESIGNATED AND
     6  GENDER-NEUTRAL WASHROOMS AND TOILET FACILITIES IN EVERY  COVERED  PUBLIC
     7  BUILDING.
     8    2. TWO YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION THE COMMISSIONER
     9  OF  GENERAL SERVICES SHALL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND BOTH HOUSES OF THE
    10  LEGISLATURE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
    11    I. THE NUMBER OF TOILET FACILITIES THIS SECTION APPLIES TO;
    12    II. THE COST OF IMPLEMENTING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION;
    13    III. THE NUMBER OF  TOILET  FACILITIES  THAT  REQUIRED  RENOVATION  TO
    14  IMPLEMENT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION;
    15    IV.  THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS PURCHASED BY THE STATE, IN
    16  RELATION TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION, IN THE PRIOR YEAR; AND
    17    V. THE TOTAL COST TO THE STATE TO IMPLEMENT THE REQUIREMENTS  OF  THIS
    18  SECTION.
    19    3.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "COVERED PUBLIC BUILDING" SHALL
    20  MEAN A PUBLIC BUILDING AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THIS  CHAPTER,  THAT
    21  IS  DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL SERVICES TO BE OPEN TO THE
    22  PUBLIC. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "COVERED PUBLIC BUILDING" SHALL NOT

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04458-01-5
        A. 1740                             2

     1  MEAN ANY STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK BUILDINGS, CITY UNIVERSITY OF  NEW
     2  YORK BUILDINGS, OR ANY BUILDINGS OWNED OR LEASED BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
     3    §  2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
     4  law.