Menstrual supplies; school boards shall make available in each school building.
Summary
Menstrual supplies; availability; public elementary, middle, and high schools. Requires each school board to make tampons or pads available, at all times and at no cost to students, (i) in such accessible locations as it deems appropriate in each elementary school in the local school division and (ii) in the bathrooms of each middle school and high school in the local school division. This bill is identical to SB 232.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Jan 2, 2020
Signed Apr 6, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
45
Key actions
13
Committee
13
Amendments
1
Apr 6, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 675 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (60-Y 33-N)
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 3, 2020
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Feb 21, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate requested conference committee
upper
Feb 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 1-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB405S1
upper
Feb 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20108158D-S1
upper
Feb 13, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
upper
Feb 5, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (60-Y 39-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB405E
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with amendment (16-Y 5-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (3-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12
lower
Jan 2, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 2, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103918D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mark L. Keam
DDemocratic
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