A 8246 — Allows for SNAP benefits to be used to purchase menstrual products
Congress · introduced 2025-05-05
Allows for SNAP benefits to be used to purchase menstrual products including, but not limited to, sanitary napkins, tampons and panty liners.
Latest action: 2026-01-07 — IN_ASSEMBLY_COMM
Sponsors
- Rebecca Kassay (—, NY-4) — sponsor · 2025-05-05
- Tommy Schiavoni (—, NY-1) — cosponsor · 2025-05-05
- Charles Fall (—, NY-61) — cosponsor · 2025-05-05
- Sarah Clark (—, NY-136) — cosponsor · 2025-05-05
- Patrick J. Carroll (—, NY-96) — cosponsor · 2025-05-05
- Sam Berger (—, NY-27) — cosponsor · 2025-05-05
- Judy Griffin (—, NY-21) — cosponsor · 2025-05-05
- Matthew Slater (—, NY-94) — cosponsor · 2025-05-05
Action timeline
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Inbound (8)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-05 | Tommy Schiavoni | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-05 | Sarah Clark | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-05 | Rebecca Kassay | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-05 | Patrick J. Carroll | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-05 | Sam Berger | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-05 | Judy Griffin | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-05 | Charles Fall | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-05 | Matthew Slater | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rebecca Kassay (—, state_lower NY-4) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Charles Fall (—, state_lower NY-61) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Judy Griffin (—, state_lower NY-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Matthew Slater (—, state_lower NY-94) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Patrick J. Carroll (—, state_lower NY-96) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Sam Berger (—, state_lower NY-27) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Sarah Clark (—, state_lower NY-136) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Tommy Schiavoni (—, state_lower NY-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2025-05-05 · cosponsored by Sam Berger (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-05 · cosponsored by Judy Griffin (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-05 · sponsored by Rebecca Kassay (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-05 · cosponsored by Tommy Schiavoni (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-05 · cosponsored by Sarah Clark (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-05 · cosponsored by Charles Fall (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-05 · cosponsored by Patrick J. Carroll (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-05 · cosponsored by Matthew Slater (cosponsor) · sponsorship