New York A 4018: Grants a sales and compensating use tax exemption for toilet paper and toilet tissue sold for household use, and incontinence products

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A04018 Summary:

BILL NOA04018A

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SAME ASSAME AS S06983-A

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SPONSORForrest

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COSPNSRLevenberg, Lunsford, Gibbs, Shrestha, Gonzalez-Rojas, Bichotte Hermelyn, Gallagher, Meeks, Epstein,
 Simone, Raga, Tapia, Cruz, Otis, Rosenthal, Shimsky, Solages, Carroll R, Valdez, Mitaynes, Moreno

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §2803-nn, amd §2509, Pub Health L

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Establishes the New York dignity in pregnancy and childbirth act; requires hospitals and other facilities that provide perinatal care to implement an evidence-based implicit bias program for all health care providers involved in the perinatal care of patients within those facilities; requires the department of health to publish reports on maternal morbidity and pregnancy related deaths.

Go to top A04018 Actions:

BILL NOA04018A

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01/30/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

05/05/2026amend (t) and recommit to health

05/05/2026print number 4018a

05/11/2026reported referred to ways and means

05/29/2026reported referred to rules

06/01/2026reported 

06/01/2026rules report cal.291

06/01/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.291

06/05/2026substituted by s6983a

&nbspS06983 AMEND=A BRISPORT

&nbsp03/27/2025REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES

&nbsp01/07/2026REFERRED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES

&nbsp05/11/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO WOMEN'S ISSUES

&nbsp05/11/2026PRINT NUMBER 6983A

&nbsp06/04/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

&nbsp06/04/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1715

&nbsp06/04/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/04/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/04/2026referred to ways and means

&nbsp06/05/2026substituted for a4018a

&nbsp06/05/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.291

&nbsp06/05/2026passed assembly

&nbsp06/05/2026returned to senate

Go to topA04018 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:HEALTH Chair:Paulin 
DATE:05/11/2026AYE/NAY:17/7 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means PaulinAyeJensenNay

DinowitzAyeGandolfoNay

RosenthalAyeBlumencranzExcused

HevesiAyeGrayNay

SteckAyeSlaterNay

BraunsteinAyeChludzinskiNay

Bichotte HermelAyeNorberNay

SayeghAyeDursoNay

McDonaldAye

ReyesAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

RajkumarAye

ForrestAye

KellesAye

LucasAye

MeeksExcused

LunsfordAye

CruzAye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:05/29/2026AYE/NAY:20/10 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyePalmesanoNay

GlickAyeFitzpatrickNay

ColtonAyeHawleyNay

CookExcusedBlankenbushNay

BenedettoAyeWalshNay

WeprinAyeDeStefanoNay

RamosAbsentManktelowNay

BraunsteinAyeSmullenNay

McDonaldAyeGiglioNay

RozicAbsentSlaterNay

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAbsent

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAbsent

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

SeptimoAye

HevesiAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/01/2026AYE/NAY:19/9 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedRaNay

PretlowAyeHawleyNay

CookExcusedBlankenbushNay

GlickAyeBrabenecNay

DinowitzAyePalmesanoNay

ColtonAyeReillyNay

MagnarelliAyeSmithNay

PaulinAyeJensenNay

Peoples-StokesAyeGandolfoNay

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaExcused

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA04018 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA04018 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4018--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. FORREST, LEVENBERG, LUNSFORD, GIBBS, SHRESTHA,
 GONZALEZ-ROJAS, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, GALLAGHER, MEEKS, SIMONE, RAGA,
 TAPIA, CRUZ, OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Assembly
 Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospi-
 tals and other facilities that provide perinatal care to implement an
 evidence-based implicit bias program and requiring the department of
 health to publish reports on maternal morbidity and pregnancy related
 deaths

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be