---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires menstrual products to be offered for free in non-public schools"
description: "Requires menstrual products to be offered for free in non-public schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 5913"
citation: "New York S 5913 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Iwen Chu"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-22"
last_action: "2023-11-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7249f1f6-0619-47fb-9a1c-eb978303f908"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S5913"
source_hash: "62d3cf1d4807dbd1747e751595529019c6701249d5b9acb7fc7ee2142126f879"
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 5913 (2023-2024) — Requires menstrual products to be offered for free in non-public schools

Requires menstrual products to be offered for free in non-public schools.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5913** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5913&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S5913A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S5913A)

## Votes

- Women's Issues Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **132–13** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **52–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Iwen Chu — primary (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
- Samra Brouk — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-22** REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO WOMEN'S ISSUES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** PRINT NUMBER 5913A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-26** 1ST REPORT CAL.707
- **2023-05-01** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-02** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-08** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A113A
- **2023-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.667
- **2023-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-11-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-11-17** SIGNED CHAP.662 `executive-signature`
- **2023-11-17** APPROVAL MEMO.31

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7249f1f6-0619-47fb-9a1c-eb978303f908`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).