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S 1659

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2025 Regular Session Introduced by Jamaal Bailey

Requires sex education on menstrual toxic shock syndrome and public restroom signs in certain facilities to raise awareness and reduce risk.

REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS
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Bill Summary · S 1659

Summary — S.1659 (Toxic Shock Syndrome Awareness and Education)

Status: Referred to Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business. Introduced May 7, 2025. (Committee activity and Senate passage with amendment recorded; measure received in House and currently held at the desk as of Aug 8, 2025.)

Purpose

To increase public and student awareness of menstrual toxic shock syndrome (TSS) — a potentially serious, rapid-onset illness associated with tampon and similar device use — by (1) adding age‑appropriate school instruction about menstrual TSS, and (2) requiring signage in certain public women’s restrooms and informational materials from the Department of Health.

Key provisions

  • School instruction

    • Requires every school district to incorporate instruction on menstrual TSS into Comprehensive Health and Physical Education for grades 4–12.
    • Content must cover causes, warning signs/symptoms, and risk‑reduction strategies.
    • Begins the first full school year following enactment.
    • The Commissioner of Education must provide age‑appropriate sample learning activities and resources to districts.

  • Public restroom signage

    • Owners of Group A (assembly) or Group M (mercantile) occupancies that maintain restrooms open to the public and available for women, and that contain two or more toilets, must install and maintain a sign alerting women to the warning signs, causes, and dangers of menstrual TSS.
    • Sign must be placed on or near a tampon dispenser (if present) or in a prominent location.
    • The Commissioner of Health will adopt rules (per the Administrative Procedure Act) specifying placement, appearance, wording, and criteria for what constitutes public access.
    • Signs must be installed on or before the first day of the sixth month following final adoption of those rules.

  • Department of Health duties

    • Promulgate implementing regulations.
    • Prepare and publish informational literature on TSS on the Department’s website.

  • Effective date

    • The Act takes effect immediately upon enactment (with instructional requirement starting the next full school year).

Who is affected

  • School districts (grades 4–12 curriculum changes).
  • Owners/operators of Group A and M occupancies with qualifying women’s public restrooms — includes public buildings, retail locations, transit terminals, some schools (excluding elementary-only locations without grades above grade 5), courthouses, institutions of higher education, etc.
  • Department of Health and Department of Education (rulemaking, materials development).
  • Public users of restrooms and students who will receive instruction.

Fiscal and administrative impact

  • Office of Legislative Services estimates indeterminate but likely marginal annual State and local costs:
    • Department of Health: marginal costs for rulemaking and website materials.
    • School districts: possible one‑time marginal costs to integrate new material (Dept. of Education will supply resources).
    • Government owners/operators of covered facilities: modest costs for producing/installing signage (printing/materials).
  • Costs expected to be limited and absorbable in many cases.

Additional notes

  • The bill clarifies the occupancy definitions by reference to the New Jersey International Building Code and excludes certain elementary school restrooms (those in schools with no grades above grade 5).
  • The stated intent is public health education and prevention; the bill honors Madalyn “Maddy” Massabni, who died of menstrual TSS in 2017.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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