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| 3 | 3 | | HB 175 2022 |
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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to menstrual hygiene products in 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | public schools; providing a short title; creating s. 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1006.064, F.S.; defining the term "menstrual hygiene 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | products"; requiring school districts to make 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | menstrual hygiene products available, at no charge, in 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | each school nurse's office or other physical school 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | facility for health services; providing applicability; 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | providing an effective date. 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, menstrual hygiene products are a health care 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | necessity and are not items that can be foregone or substituted 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | easily, and 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, access to menstrual hygiene products is a serious 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | and ongoing need in this state, and 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, when students do not have access to affordable 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | menstrual hygiene products, they may miss multiple days of 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | school every month, and 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | WHEREAS, when students have access to quality menstrual 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | hygiene products, they are able to continue with their daily 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | lives with minimal interruption, NOW, THE REFORE, 21 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 23 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Learning with 25 |
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| 40 | 40 | | HB 175 2022 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Dignity Act." 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Section 2. Section 1006.064, Florida Statutes, is created 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | to read: 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | 1006.064 Availability of menstrual hygie ne products.— 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (1) As used in this section, the term "menstrual hygiene 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | products" means tampons and sanitary napkins for use in 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | connection with the menstrual cycle. 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (2) A school district shall make menstrual hygiene 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | products available, at no charge, in each school nurse's office 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | or other physical school facility for health services. 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (3) This section applies to charter schools pursuant to s. 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | 1002.33(16)(a)5. 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 38 |
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