Bill Text: NJ S1221 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes program in DOE to reimburse school districts for providing menstrual products in certain public schools and requires State to pay costs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-08-23 - Approved P.L.2023, c.147. [S1221 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2022-S1221-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 1221

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

220th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 3, 2022

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  M. TERESA RUIZ

District 29 (Essex)

Senator  VIN GOPAL

District 11 (Monmouth)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Cunningham

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Establishes program in DOE to reimburse school districts for providing menstrual products in certain public schools and requires State to pay costs.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Education Committee on June 2, 2022, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning the provision of ¹[feminine hygiene] menstrual¹ products in public schools and supplementing chapter 33 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.   As used in this section, ¹["feminine hygiene] "menstrual¹ products" mean tampons and sanitary napkins for use in connection with the menstrual cycle. 

     b.    A school district shall ensure that students in each school educating students in grades 6 through 12, or any combination thereof, have direct access to ¹[feminine hygiene] menstrual¹ products in ¹[all of the] at least 50 percent of female¹ school bathrooms free of charge. 

     c.     Any costs incurred by a school district in providing an adequate supply of ¹[feminine hygiene] menstrual¹ products to meet the needs of its students shall be borne by the State.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect in the first full school year following the date of enactment.