NY State Senate Bill 2025-S2058

Senate Bill S2058

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires each institution within the state university of New York and the city university of New York to have at least one vending machine making emergency contraception available for purchase

download bill text pdf

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

Please enter your contact information

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

A valid email address is required.

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

View Actions

	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 15, 2025	referred to higher education

co-Sponsors

View additional co-sponsors

2025-S2058 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§355 & 6206, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S4400

2025-S2058 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires each institution within the state university of New York and the city university of New York offering in-person student instruction to have at least one vending machine making emergency contraception available for purchase.

2025-S2058 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S2058

SPONSOR: WEBB
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring institutions
within the state university of New York and the city university of New
York to have at least one vending machine on campus which makes emergen-
cy contraception available for purchase

 
PURPOSE:

Requires each institution within the state university of New York and
the city university of New York to have at least one vending machine
making emergency contraception available for purchase.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends section 355 of the education law by adding a new subdi-
vision 22 to direct the board of trustees to adopt a policy for the
provision of emergency contraception for purchase through at least one
new or existing vending machine located on a state-operated institution

in the state university system.

Section 2 amends section 6206 of the education law by adding a new
subdivision 22 which states that the board of trustees must adopt a
policy requiring the provision of emergency contraception available
through at least one vending machine located on each institution of the
city university of New York.

Section 3 sets an effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

According to the Guttmacher Institute study, low income, African Ameri-
can, and women ages 18-24 have disproportionately higher rates of unin-
tended pregnancy. This mimics the age range of college students enroll-
ing by age 18 and getting their degree of completion around age 21 to 24
years old. A 2016 National College Health Association survey found that
55 percent of college women used a method of contraception with the
majority of them stating to have used oral contraceptives (American
College Health Association 2016).

This same demographic of students struggle with accessing contraception
on and off campus. Emergency contraceptives are not provided in many
healthcare centers on college campuses, and a 2017 survey found that 40
percent of pharmacies did not stock over-the-counter emergency contra-
ceptives on the shelf (American Society for Emergency Contraception
2018; Miller and Sawyer 2006).  Due to these circumstances students are
forced to go to term. In 2011, 76 percent of pregnancies among 18-19
year olds were unintended and 59 percent were unintended among 20-24
year olds (Institute for Women's Policy Research).

A Beginning Postsecondary Student Survey data displayed that one-third
of all student parents earn either a degree or certificate within six
years of them enrolling at a four year institution (Institute for
Women's Policy Research). Due to the hurdles that arise from parenthood
students often have to extend their time in college in order to complete

their academic journeys which is not a luxury many can afford based on
financial factors.

The provision of emergency contraception on city and state campuses is a
form of reproductive care which can prevent students from having unin-
tended pregnancies. This bill will ensure that every student has access
to affordable emergency contraception on state and city of New York
college campuses granting them a fair chance to achieve academically.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect April 1, 2025. The boards of trustees for the
state university of New York and the city university of New York shall
adopt policies to implement the provisions of this act within 60 days
after this act shall become a law.

2025-S2058 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2058
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  WEBB,  BROUK,  CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, FERNANDEZ,
   GIANARIS, GOUNARDES, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL,  JACKSON,  KRUEGER,  LIU,
   MAY,  MYRIE,  SALAZAR,  SEPULVEDA,  SKOUFIS  -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Higher
   Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring institutions
   within the state university of New York and the city university of New
   York  to have at least one vending machine on campus which makes emer-
   gency contraception available for purchase
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   22.  THE  STATE  UNIVERSITY  TRUSTEES  SHALL  ADOPT  A  POLICY FOR THE
 PROVISION OF EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE  THROUGH  AT
 LEAST  ONE VENDING MACHINE, EXISTING OR NEW, LOCATED ON EACH STATE-OPER-
 ATED INSTITUTION IN THE  STATE  UNIVERSITY  OFFERING  IN-PERSON  STUDENT
 INSTRUCTION.    THE  VENDING  MACHINE  SHALL  BE LOCATED IN A SECURE AND
 ACCESSIBLE AREA OF CAMPUS.  THE LOCATION OF THE VENDING MACHINE SHALL BE
 INCLUDED ON THE INSTITUTION'S WEBSITE.
   (A)  EMERGENCY  CONTRACEPTION  MADE  AVAILABLE  THROUGH  EACH  VENDING
 MACHINE SHALL SATISFY, AT A MINIMUM, ALL OF THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
   (I)  THE EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION SHALL BE SOLD ONLY IN THE MANUFACTUR-
 ER'S CLEARLY LABELED, ORIGINAL, UNBROKEN, TAMPER-PROOF, AND  EXPIRATION-
 DATED PACKAGING.
   (II) THE EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION MAY NOT BE OLDER THAN THE MANUFACTUR-
 ER'S EXPIRATION DATE.
   (III)  THE  EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION SHALL BE STORED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDATIONS.
   (B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "EMERGENCY  CONTRA-
 CEPTION"  MEANS OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATION TO BE SELF-ADMINISTERED THAT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01857-01-5

 S. 2058                             2
 
 IS APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION THAT CAN SIGNIF-
 ICANTLY REDUCE THE RISK OF PREGNANCY IF TAKEN WITHIN  SEVENTY-TWO  HOURS
 AFTER UNPROTECTED SEXUAL INTERCOURSE.
   §  2.  Section  6206  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 24 to read as follows:
   24. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL ADOPT A POLICY REQUIRING THE PROVISION
 OF EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE THROUGH AT  LEAST  ONE
 VENDING  MACHINE,  EXISTING  OR  NEW, LOCATED ON EACH INSTITUTION OF THE
 CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK OFFERING IN-PERSON STUDENT INSTRUCTION.  THE
 VENDING  MACHINE  SHALL  BE  LOCATED  IN A SECURE AND ACCESSIBLE AREA OF
 CAMPUS.  THE LOCATION OF THE VENDING MACHINE SHALL BE  INCLUDED  ON  THE
 INSTITUTION'S WEBSITE.
   (A)  EMERGENCY  CONTRACEPTION  MADE  AVAILABLE  THROUGH  EACH  VENDING
 MACHINE SHALL SATISFY, AT A MINIMUM, ALL OF THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
   (I) THE EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION SHALL BE SOLD ONLY IN THE  MANUFACTUR-
 ER'S  CLEARLY LABELED, ORIGINAL, UNBROKEN, TAMPER-PROOF, AND EXPIRATION-
 DATED PACKAGING.
   (II) THE EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION MAY NOT BE OLDER THAN THE MANUFACTUR-
 ER'S EXPIRATION DATE.
   (III) THE EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION SHALL BE STORED IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH
 MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDATIONS.
   (B)  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "EMERGENCY CONTRA-
 CEPTION" MEANS OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATION TO BE SELF-ADMINISTERED  THAT
 IS APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION THAT CAN SIGNIF-
 ICANTLY  REDUCE  THE RISK OF PREGNANCY IF TAKEN WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS
 AFTER UNPROTECTED SEXUAL INTERCOURSE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect April 1, 2026. The boards of  trustees
 for the state university of New York and the city university of New York
 shall  adopt  policies to implement the provisions of this act within 60
 days after this act shall have become a law.

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.