---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to providing feminine hygiene products at no cost to menstruating individuals receiving temporary housing assistance"
description: "Provides feminine hygiene products at no cost to menstruating individuals in homeless shelters, including, but not limited to, sanitary napkins, tampons and panty liners."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6572"
citation: "New York S 6572 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HINCHEY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-05-06"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9eb02467-1d39-4b2f-8e1b-3acbf98750a1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6572"
source_hash: "1caae2d843733d47c89ff43f7c79ca32189d2b1a1a2156acd71c6b7625fd65b7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 6572 (2021-2022) — Relates to providing feminine hygiene products at no cost to menstruating individuals receiving temporary housing assistance

Provides feminine hygiene products at no cost to menstruating individuals in homeless shelters, including, but not limited to, sanitary napkins, tampons and panty liners.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S6572** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6572&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–4** (pass) · upper
- Social Services Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HINCHEY — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-05-06** REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1298
- **2021-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-02** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR A529A
- **2021-06-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.283
- **2021-06-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-02** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.794 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.146

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9eb02467-1d39-4b2f-8e1b-3acbf98750a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).