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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 381

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Relating to: provision of menstrual products in state and local buildings and school buildings. (FE)

Public building Public health School — Building Women

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires that restroom facilities in buildings owned, leased, or

occupied by the state or a political subdivision have available tampons and sanitary

napkins at no charge. The bill also requires each school district, operator of an

independent charter school, and governing body of a private school participating in

a parental choice program to make available tampons and sanitary napkins at no

charge in restroom facilities in buildings owned, leased, or occupied by the school

board, operator, or governing body.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Cabrera (D) , Considine (D) , Crowley (D) , Hintz (D) , L. Myers (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Sargent (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stubbs (D) , Vining (D) , Zamarripa (D)

4 cosponsors

Haywood (D) , Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Risser (D)

Full history

  1. Aug 28, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Sargent, Zamarripa, Anderson, Bowen, Cabrera, Considine, Crowley, Hintz, L. Myers, Ohnstad, Pope, Sinicki, Stubbs, C. Taylor, Vining, Neubauer and Brostoff; cosponsored by Senators Risser, Johnson and Larson

  2. Aug 28, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Sep 11, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Sep 30, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Haywood added as a coauthor

  5. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1