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 HB 405.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Jan 2, 2020
Signed Apr 6, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jan 21, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 20, 2020
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Jan 21, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
43
Key actions
12
Committee
12
Amendments
2
Apr 6, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 676 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (59-Y 35-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 25, 2020
Lower · Passed
House requested conference committee
lower
Feb 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute (54-Y 44-N)
lower
Feb 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB232H1
lower
Feb 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20108276D-H1
lower
Feb 17, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 8-N)
lower
Feb 12, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 21, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 20, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB232E
upper
Jan 20, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Jan 20, 2020
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Jan 16, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 9, 2020
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Jan 2, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 2, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102670D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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