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Bills from the 2023–24 session

Assembly Bill 770

Free feminine hygiene products for inmates of state correctional institutions or county jails or houses of correction. (FE)

Stopped in committee

It never got a ⁠, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Dec 8, 2023

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Corrections. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill requires the Department of Corrections to ensure that each state correctional institution has a commissary that provides all of the following feminine hygiene products free of charge to any inmate with an active menstrual cycle: at least three brands of tampons, with at least one brand having a plastic applicator, in appropriate absorbencies for varying levels of menstrual flow; at least three brands of menstrual pads in appropriate absorbencies for varying levels of menstrual flow;

and at least one brand of reusable menstrual cup. The department must also ensure that the state correctional institution has the means to sanitize inmate menstrual cups on an as-needed basis.

Read the full summary

The bill requires the sheriff to ensure that each county jail or house of correction has a commissary that provides all of the following feminine hygiene products free of charge to any inmate with an active menstrual cycle: at least three brands of tampons, with at least one brand having a plastic applicator, in appropriate absorbencies for varying levels of menstrual flow; at least three brands of menstrual pads in appropriate absorbencies for varying levels of menstrual flow; and at least one brand of reusable menstrual cup. The sheriff must also ensure that the county jail or house of correction has the means to sanitize inmate menstrual cups on an as-needed basis.

Who's behind it

21 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 21 are Democrats.

7 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 28 names

Authors (21)

Signed on in support (7)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Apr 15, 2024

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 5, 2024

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Dec 11, 2023

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  4. Dec 8, 2023

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Corrections.

  5. Dec 8, 2023

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Dec 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Drake, Vining, Hong, Emerson, Ratcliff, Considine, Myers, Conley, Joers, Moore Omokunde, Snodgrass, Clancy, Ortiz-Velez, Ohnstad, Jacobson, Shelton, C. Anderson, Stubbs, J. Anderson, Palmeri and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators L. Johnson, Roys, Larson, Hesselbein, Spreitzer and Wirch

  2. Dec 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections

  3. Dec 11, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Neubauer added as a coauthor

  4. Feb 5, 2024 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Public hearing

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Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary

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Author

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Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1

More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis

More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

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Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate

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