Relating to the provision of menstrual products

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedJanuary 16, 2020
Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 23, 2020
Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
Next: Passes the Senate
Next: House committee
Next: Passes the House
Next: To the Governor
Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill requires menstrual products to be available at no cost in certain buildings, institutions, and facilities under the control of the state and in schools. The bill requires that the entity with authority over a state building shall ensure that menstrual products are available, at no cost, in the restrooms of the state building. The bill requires that institutions controlled by the director of the department of human services make menstrual products available, at no cost, to residents or patients of the institutions in locations and as appropriate to the health care needs of the residents or patients, and to staff and the public, in the restrooms of the institutions.

Read the full explanation

The bill requires the superintendent of the school for the deaf to make menstrual products available, at no cost, to students, staff, and the public in the restrooms of school buildings and of each campus building frequented by students, staff, and the public. The bill requires the board of directors of each public school district and the authorities in charge of each nonpublic school to ensure that menstrual products are available, at no cost, to students, staff, and the public in the restrooms of school buildings. The bill requires that the department of corrections ensure that menstrual products are available to offenders committed to the institutions at no cost and in a quantity and as appropriate to the health care needs of the individual offender. The bill also requires the department of corrections to ensure that menstrual products are available, at no cost, to staff and the public, in the restrooms of institutions. For the purposes of the bill, “menstrual products” means tampons and period pads for use in connection with the menstrual cycle.

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Senate subcommittee

Named January 23, 2020. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Iowa Code it changes

Creates§218.101 §270.4A §280.31 §8H.1 §904.517

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Lobbying

3 for · 0 against · 1 undecided · Who →

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88th General Assembly

SF 2039Cleared committee

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SF 2020Cleared committee89th GA SF 34Cleared committee89th GA HF 443Cleared committee90th GA

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