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Providing for access to feminine hygiene products in public school restrooms and making an appropriation
Sponsored by Rep. Jerome Amos Jr. (D), Rep. Austin Baeth (D), Rep. Timi M. Brown-Powers (D), Rep. Ken Croken (D), Rep. Tracy A. Ehlert (D), Rep. Daniel Gosa (D), Rep. Lindsay James (D), Rep. Rob Johnson (D), Rep. Bob Kressig (D), Rep. Monica Kurth (D), Rep. Elinor A. Levin (D), Rep. Mary Lee Madison (D), Rep. Heather Matson (D), Rep. Brian Meyer (D), Rep. Amy Nielsen (D), Rep. Rick L. Olson (D), Rep. Dr. Megan L. Srinivas (D), Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D), Rep. Aime Wichtendahl (D), Rep. Ross Wilburn (D), Rep. Adam Zabner (D)
Topics:State budgetK–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 12, 2025
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary School boards must make sure that items like tampons and pads are available for free in at least half of the restrooms in schools serving students in grades 4 through 12. These supplies must be refilled on a regular basis. The state will provide money to school districts to help cover the costs of providing these products.1
Read the official explanation
This bill requires school boards to ensure that feminine hygiene products can be accessed by students without cost in at least half of the restrooms in school buildings in the district where students in grades through are educated and that the supply of feminine hygiene products is refilled regularly. The bill defines “feminine hygiene products” as sanitary napkins, tampons, or other similar items used for feminine hygiene. The bill appropriates an amount necessary to fund the full cost of compliance with the bill by school districts from the general fund of the state to the department of education for the period beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2028. The bill directs the department to establish processes for school districts to submit the documented cost of compliance to the department and for the department to reimburse school districts for such costs.3.16.2. The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state mandates included in the bill.
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Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.
Tried before
This idea has been filed in 3 earlier General Assemblies. None got through a chamber.
- HF 2562 Providing for access to feminine hygiene products in public school restrooms and making an…90th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- HF 2356 Providing for access to feminine hygiene products in public school restrooms90th General Assembly · In committee · similarCleared committee
- HF 15 Providing for access to feminine hygiene products in public school restrooms89th General Assembly · In committee · similarCleared committee
- HF 2597 Providing for access to feminine hygiene products in public school restrooms88th General Assembly · In committee · similarCleared committee
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