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2021 House Bill 1273: Concerning menstrual products in schools
Introduced by Rep. April Berg (Mill Creek) (D) on January 19, 2021
Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on January 19, 2021
Substitute offered in the House on February 4, 2021
Requires school districts, private K-12 schools, charter schools, state- tribal compact schools, and public and private institutions of higher education to make menstrual hygiene products available at no cost by the beginning of the 2022-23 academic year. Requires these entities to bear the cost of supplying these products.
Amendment offered by Rep. April Berg (Mill Creek) (D) on February 25, 2021
Requires that if a school building serving grades six through twelve does not have a gender-neutral bathroom, then menstrual hygiene products must also be available in at least one bathroom accessible to male students or in a school health room accessible to all students.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on February 25, 2021
Received in the Senate on March 1, 2021
Referred to the Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee on March 1, 2021
Amendment offered in the Senate on March 19, 2021
Removes the null and void clause.
Referred to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on March 22, 2021
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on April 2, 2021
Amendment offered in the Senate on April 10, 2021
Removes the null and void clause..
The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on April 10, 2021
Amendment offered by Sen. Jim Honeyford (Grandview) (R) on April 10, 2021
Removes private K-12 schools, state-tribal compact schools, and private institutions of higher education from the menstrual hygiene products requirements.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the Senate on April 10, 2021
Amendment offered by Sen. Jim McCune, (R-Graham) (R) on April 10, 2021
Exempts private K-12 schools and private institutions of higher education, including sectarian or religious schools and institutions, that do not receive public funds from the requirements to make menstrual hygiene products available and bear the cost of supplying these products.
The amendment failed by voice vote in the Senate on April 10, 2021
Received in the House on April 14, 2021
Signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on May 3, 2021