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SB142: (New Title) requiring menstrual hygiene products in school restrooms.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2019 SB142
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Passed/Adopted with Amendment
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Concurred
Committee
House Education
Hearing
04/03/2019 at 11:30 AM
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Education

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CHAPTER 252

SB 142-LOCAL - FINAL VERSION

02/14/2019 0306s

8May2019... 1478h

2019 SESSION

19-1107

06/08

SENATE BILL 142-LOCAL

AN ACT requiring menstrual hygiene products in school restrooms.

SPONSORS: Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Sen. Levesque, Dist 12; Sen. Cavanaugh, Dist 16; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Rep. Campion, Graf. 12; Rep. Josephson, Graf. 11; Rep. Mulligan, Graf. 12

COMMITTEE: Education and Workforce Development

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires school boards to make menstrual hygiene products available, free of charge, in restrooms designated for girls and gender-neutral restrooms located in public middle and high schools.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02/14/2019 0306s

8May2019... 1478h 19-1107

06/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

AN ACT requiring menstrual hygiene products in school restrooms.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

252:1 New Section; Menstrual Hygiene Products. Amend RSA 189 by inserting after section 16 the following new section:

189:16-a Menstrual Hygiene Products.

I. The school district shall make menstrual hygiene products available at no cost in all gender neutral bathrooms and bathrooms designated for females located in public middle and high schools.

II. Menstrual hygiene products shall include sanitary napkins and tampons.

III. The school district shall bear the cost of supplying menstrual hygiene products. A school district may seek grants or partner with a nonprofit or community-based organization to fulfill this obligation.

252:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: July 17, 2019

Effective Date: July 17, 2019