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Int 1056-2023

Provision of menstrual products in schools.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Women and Gender Equityintroduced 2023-05-25Local Law 2024/009

Enacted as Local Law 2024/009.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2023-05-25Passed: 2024-01-06Enacted: 2024-01-06

Summary

This bill would expand the schools in which the Department of Education is required to provide menstrual products pursuant to administrative code section 21-968 to include schools serving students in any combination of grades 4 through 12.

Committee on Women and Gender EquityIssues relating to advancing the economic mobility, social inclusion, leadership and civic participation of women and girls, domestic violence, Office to End Gender-Based Violence and the Commission on Gender Equity.

How it compares

66% of similar bills passed

33 passed · 17 died

This bill: 194 days in committee

Similar bills: median 158 days · 139 days when passed

Sponsors (18)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2023-05-25 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2023-05-25 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2023-09-18 · Committee on Women and Gender Equity
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2023-09-18 · Committee on Women and Gender Equity
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2023-12-06 · Committee on Women and Gender Equity
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2023-12-06 · Committee on Women and Gender Equity
ActionAmended by Committee
2023-12-06 · Committee on Women and Gender Equity
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2023-12-06 · Committee on Women and Gender Equity
AdvancedApproved by Council
2023-12-06 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2023-12-06 · City Council
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2024-01-05 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2024-01-06 · Administration

Votes (7)

Aye (5)
Kristin Richardson JordanTiffany L. CabánJennifer GutiérrezKevin C. RileyInna Vernikov
Absent (2)
Althea V. StevensJames F. Gennaro

Heard at (4)

City Council · 2023-12-06 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Women and Gender Equity · 2023-12-06 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Women and Gender Equity · 2023-09-18 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2023-05-25 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (19)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. The definition of "school building" set forth in subdivision a of section 21-968 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by a local law for the year 2023 amending the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to menstrual products, as proposed in introduction number 1055-A, is amended to read as follows: School building. The term "school building" means any facility that is leased by the department or over which the department has care, custody, and control, in which there is a public school, including a charter school, serving students who menstruate in any combination of grades from grade [6] 4 through grade 12. � 2. This local law takes effect on the same date as a local law for the year 2023 amending the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to menstrual products, as proposed in introduction number 1055-A, takes effect. SMD/SM LS #8207/13502/13509 11/28/2023 12:01 PM 1 1