State correctional facilities; visitors wearing tampons or menstrual cups.
Summary
Directs the Director of the Department of Corrections to review the Department's visitation policies concerning visitors' wearing of tampons or menstrual cups at state correctional facilities and shall revise such policies as necessary to permit such visitors to wear tampons or menstrual cups. The bill directs the Department to make the policy available to the public as soon as practicable and to provide a copy to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services by November 1, 2019.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 3, 2019
Signed Mar 8, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2019
How they voted
37–0
Passed
Total votes 37
Feb 19, 2019
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
7
Committee
5
Amendments
3
Mar 8, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 303 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 20, 2019
Introduced
Senate amendment agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 19, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 19, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 19, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (37-0)
senate
Feb 10, 2019
Committee
Assigned Rehab sub: Subcommittee #2
upper
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (95-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Jan 31, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Jan 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Jan 15, 2019
Committee
Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 3, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
lower
Jan 3, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100617D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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