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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 8353: Provides that no state or local correctional facility shall deny entry to a visitor to such facility due to the fact that such person is menstruating, wearing a menstrual product or has a contraceptive device

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 8353 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on June 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Provides that no state or local correctional facility shall deny entry to a visitor to such facility due to the fact that such person is menstruating, wearing a menstrual product or has a contraceptive device. Primary sponsor: Julia Salazar (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 3, 2026): SUBSTITUTED BY A8840A.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Provides that no state or local correctional facility shall deny entry to a person visiting such facility due to the fact that such person is menstruating or has a contraceptive device or appears on body scan imaging or alternative methods to have or be using a menstrual product or contraceptive device.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Democratic/Working Families 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Julia SalazarPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18
Jabari BrisportCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate25
Jeremy CooneyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate56
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Luis SepúlvedaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. SUBSTITUTED BY A8840A
  2. AMENDED ON THIRD READING 8353A
  3. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1376
  4. COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
  5. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES
  6. REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
  7. REFERRED TO RULES

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source