---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to providing menstrual products at no cost to menstruating individuals receiving temporary shelter"
description: "Provides menstrual products at no cost to menstruating individuals in temporary 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 7697"
citation: "New York S 7697 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HINCHEY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-07"
last_action: "2022-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b20bfcb2-62b1-4b23-98b5-829f08835d95"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7697"
source_hash: "66d636219207af6810c6c7dcbea2efd7eebb0d6871c396974ac67a783bd4ca80"
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 7697 (2021-2022) — Relates to providing menstrual products at no cost to menstruating individuals receiving temporary shelter

Provides menstrual products at no cost to menstruating individuals in temporary 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. **S7697** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7697&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HINCHEY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.25
- **2022-01-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-24** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-24** REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8783
- **2022-01-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.339
- **2022-01-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-01-31** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-02-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-24** SIGNED CHAP.72 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b20bfcb2-62b1-4b23-98b5-829f08835d95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).