BILL · 2021–22 SESSION
SB 5070: Menstrual products/schools
Concerning menstrual products in schools.
Summary
- Requires school districts, charter schools, state-tribal compact schools, private schools, and institutions of higher education to make menstrual hygiene products available at no cost by the beginning of the 2022-23 school year.
- Specifies that these entities must bear the cost of supplying these products.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 11, 2021
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Senator (R-18)
- Introduced
- January 11, 2021 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 10, 2022
- Companion bill
- HB 1273
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to menstrual hygiene products in school and postsecondary institution bathrooms;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Senator (R-18)
10 co-sponsors (10 Democrats, 0 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.
- Prefiled for introduction.
SB 5070 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
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- SB 5070 (2023–24) Nonfatal strangulation
- SB 5070 (2019–20) Bilingual educators
- SB 5070 (2017–18) Paraeducators
- SB 5070 (2015–16) Domestic violence offenders
- SB 5070 (2013–14) Cigar lounges & tobacconists
- SB 5070 (2011–12) Prevailing wage records
- SB 5070 (2009–10) Invasive species threats