Bill Text: NH SB142 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Requiring menstrual hygiene products in school restrooms.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-07-18 - Signed by the Governor on 07/17/2019; Chapter 252; Effective 07/17/2019 [SB142 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2019-SB142-Amended.html

SB 142-LOCAL - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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

 

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 non-profit or community-based organization to fulfill this obligation.

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

 

LBAO

19-1107

Amended 5/10/19

 

SB 142-LOCAL- FISCAL NOTE

AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2019-1478h)

 

AN ACT requiring menstrual hygiene products in school restrooms.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      [    ] State              [    ] County               [ X ] Local              [    ] None

 

 

 

Estimated Increase / (Decrease)

LOCAL:

FY 2020

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

   Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

   Expenditures

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill requires school boards to make feminine hygiene products available free of charge in female bathrooms located in public middle and high schools.  The Department of Education reports they are unable to determine the impact of this bill on local expenditures.  However, it is likely this bill will increase local expenditures.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Education

 

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