Revision: Dec. 4, 2019, 8:09 a.m.
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
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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