Bill Text: IL HB0310 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Feminine Hygiene Products for the Homeless Act. Provides that feminine hygiene products, including, but not limited to, sanitary napkins, tampons, and panty liners, shall be available free of charge at all homeless shelters that provide temporary housing assistance to women or youth. Provides that a homeless shelter's obligation to satisfy this requirement is subject to the availability of funds in the homeless shelter's general budget.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-08-05 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0249 [HB0310 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB0310-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB0310 Introduced , by Rep. LaToya Greenwood SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Feminine Hygiene Products for the Homeless Act. Provides that feminine hygiene products, including, but not limited to, sanitary napkins, tampons, and panty liners, shall be available free of charge at all homeless shelters that provide temporary housing assistance to women or youth. Provides that a homeless shelter's obligation to satisfy this requirement is subject to the availability of funds in the homeless shelter's general budget.
LRB102 10095 KTG 15416 b
A BILL FOR
HB0310 LRB102 10095 KTG 15416 b
AN ACT concerning homeless shelters.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Feminine Hygiene Products for the Homeless Act.
Section 5. Access to feminine hygiene products. Feminine
hygiene products, including, but not limited to, sanitary
napkins, tampons, and panty liners, shall be available free of
charge at all homeless shelters that provide temporary housing
assistance to women or youth. A homeless shelter's obligation
to satisfy the requirement of this Section is subject to the
availability of funds in the homeless shelter's general
budget. As used in this Act, "homeless shelter" means a
supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to
provide temporary living accommodations to individuals who
lack a fixed, regular, and adequate residence.