Bill Text: CA AB10 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Feminine hygiene products: public school restrooms.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-12 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 687, Statutes of 2017. [AB10 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB10-Chaptered.html
| Assembly Bill No. 10 |
| CHAPTER 687 |
An act to add Section 35292.6 to the Education Code, relating to feminine hygiene products.
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Approved by
Governor
October 12, 2017.
Filed with
Secretary of State
October 12, 2017.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 10, Cristina Garcia.
Feminine hygiene products: public school restrooms.
Existing law, with certain exceptions, requires every public and private school, as provided, to have restroom facilities that are open as prescribed during school hours, and at all times to keep every restroom maintained and cleaned regularly, fully operational, and stocked with soap and paper supplies.
This bill would require a public school maintaining any combination of classes from grade 6 to grade 12, inclusive, that meets a 40% pupil poverty threshold specified in federal law to stock 50% of the school’s restrooms with feminine hygiene products, as defined. The bill would prohibit a
public school from charging for any menstrual products, including feminine hygiene products, provided to pupils. By imposing additional duties on public schools, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 35292.6 is added to the Education Code, to read:35292.6.
(a) A public school maintaining any combination of classes from grade 6 to grade 12, inclusive, that meets the 40-percent pupil poverty threshold required to operate a schoolwide program pursuant to Section 6314(a)(1)(A) of Title 20 of the United States Code shall stock at least 50 percent of the school’s restrooms with feminine hygiene products at all times.(b) A public school described in subdivision (a) shall not charge for any menstrual products provided to pupils, including, but not limited to, feminine hygiene products.
(c) For purposes of this section, “feminine hygiene products” means tampons and sanitary napkins for use in connection with the menstrual cycle.
