New York A 8840: 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

Status: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.270 (as of 2026-05-29)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 8840

Sponsors: Larinda Hooks, Amy Paulin, Andrew Hevesi, Anna Kelles, Demond Meeks, Kwani O'Pharrow, Noah Burroughs, Steven Raga, Yudelka Tapia

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A08840 Summary:

BILL NOA08840A

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SAME ASSAME AS S08353-A

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SPONSORHooks

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COSPNSRPaulin, Kelles, Tapia, Burroughs, Raga, Meeks, O'Pharrow, Hevesi, Hyndman, Rosenthal

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §138-c, Cor L

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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.

Go to top A08840 Actions:

BILL NOA08840A

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06/09/2025referred to correction

01/07/2026referred to correction

05/15/2026amend and recommit to correction

05/15/2026print number 8840a

05/19/2026reported referred to rules

05/29/2026reported 

05/29/2026rules report cal.270

05/29/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.270

06/01/2026passed assembly

06/01/2026delivered to senate

06/01/2026REFERRED TO RULES

06/03/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S8353A

06/03/20263RD READING CAL.1376

06/03/2026PASSED SENATE

06/03/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

Go to topA08840 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CORRECTION Chair:Dilan 
DATE:05/19/2026AYE/NAY:8/4 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules DilanAyeDiPietroNay

ColtonAyeDeStefanoNay

BurdickAyeBeephanNay

KellesAyeGallahanNay

MeeksExcused

LevenbergAye

BurroughsAye

GallagherAye

PowersAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:05/29/2026AYE/NAY:19/7 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedRaNay

PretlowAyeHawleyNay

CookExcusedBlankenbushNay

GlickAyeBrabenecAye

DinowitzAyePalmesanoNay

ColtonAyeReillyNay

MagnarelliAyeSmithNay

PaulinAyeJensenAye

Peoples-StokesExcusedGandolfoNay

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicExcused

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorExcused

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA08840 Floor&nbspVotes:

DATE:06/01/2026Assembly Vote YEA/NAY: 102/37Yes 

Alvarez 

Yes 

Carroll P 

No 

Friend 

Yes 

Lemondes 

Yes 

Pheffer Amato 

No 

Slater 

Yes 

Anderson 

Yes 

Carroll RC 

Yes 

Gallagher 

Yes 

Levenberg 

No 

Pirozzolo 

No 

Smith 

No 

Angelino 

Yes 

Cashman 

No 

Gallahan 

Yes 

Lucas 

Yes 

Powers 

No 

Smullen 

Yes 

Bailey 

ER 

Chandler-Waterm 

No 

Gandolfo 

Yes 

Lunsford 

Yes 

Pretlow 

Yes 

Solages 

No 

Barclay 

No 

Chang 

Yes 

Gibbs 

Yes 

Lupardo 

No 

Ra 

Yes 

Steck 

Yes 

Barrett 

No 

Chludzinski 

No 

Giglio 

Yes 

Magnarelli 

ER 

Raga 

Yes 

Stern 

No 

Beephan 

Yes 

Clark 

Yes 

Glick 

ER 

Maher 

Yes 

Rajkumar 

Yes 

Stirpe 

Yes 

Bendett 

Yes 

Colton 

Yes 

Gonzalez-Rojas 

No 

Manktelow 

Yes 

Ramos 

No 

Tague 

Yes 

Benedetto 

Yes 

Conrad 

No 

Gray 

Yes 

McDonald 

No 

Reilly 

No 

Tannousis 

Yes 

Berger 

ER 

Cook 

Yes 

Griffin 

ER 

McDonough 

Yes 

Reyes 

Yes 

Tapia 

Yes 

Bichotte Hermel 

Yes 

Cruz 

No 

Hawley 

Yes 

McMahon 

Yes 

Rivera 

Yes 

Taylor 

No 

Blankenbush 

Yes 

Cunningham 

Yes 

Hevesi 

ER 

Meeks 

Yes 

Romero 

Yes 

Torres 

No 

Blumencranz 

Yes 

Dais 

Yes 

Hooks 

No &#8225

Mikulin 

Yes 

Rosenthal 

ER 

Valdez 

No 

Bologna 

Yes 

Davila 

Yes 

Hunter 

No 

Miller 

Yes 

Rozic 

Yes 

Vanel 

ER 

Bores 

Yes 

De Los Santos 

Yes 

Hyndman 

Yes 

Mitaynes 

Yes 

Santabarbara 

Yes 

Walker 

No 

Brabenec 

No 

DeStefano 

Yes 

Jackson 

No 

Molitor 

Yes 

Sayegh 

Yes 

Walsh 

Yes 

Braunstein 

ER 

Dilan 

Yes 

Jacobson 

ER 

Moreno 

Yes 

Schiavoni 

Yes 

Weprin 

Yes 

Bronson 

Yes 

Dinowitz 

Yes 

Jensen 

Yes 

Morinello 

Yes 

Seawright 

Yes 

Wieder 

Yes 

Brook-Krasny 

No &#8225

DiPietro 

Yes 

Kassay 

No 

Norber 

No 

Sempolinski 

Yes 

Williams 

No 

Brown EA 

No 

Durso 

Yes 

Kay 

Yes 

Novakhov 

Yes 

Septimo 

Yes 

Woerner 

No 

Brown K 

Yes 

Eachus 

Yes 

Kelles 

Yes 

O'Pharrow 

Yes 

Shimsky 

Yes 

Wright 

Yes 

Burdick 

Yes 

Eichenstein 

Yes 

Kim 

Yes 

Otis 

Yes 

Shrestha 

Yes 

Yeger 

Yes &#8225

Burke 

Yes 

Fall 

ER 

Lasher 

No 

Palmesano 

Yes 

Simon 

Yes 

Zaccaro 

Yes 

Burroughs 

No 

Fitzpatrick 

Yes 

Lavine 

Yes 

Paulin 

Yes 

Simone 

Yes 

Zinerman 

Yes 

Buttenschon 

Yes &#8225

Forrest 

Yes &#8225

Lee 

Yes 

Peoples-Stokes 

No 

Simpson 

Yes 

Mr. Speaker 

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