| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to menstrual hygiene products in 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | public schools; creating s. 1006.064, F.S.; defining 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | the term "menstrual hygiene products"; authorizing 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | school districts to make menstrual hygiene products 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | available, at no charge, in schools within the 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | district and at certain locations within such schools; 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | specifying requirements for the menstrual hygiene 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | products and the dispensers of such products; 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | requiring participating schools to notify students of 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | the availability and locations of such products; 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | encouraging school districts to partner with specified 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | organizations to supply and maintain such menstrual 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | hygiene products; providing an effective date. 14 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 16 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Section 1. Section 1006.064, Florida Statutes, is created 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | to read: 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1006.064 Availability of menstrual hygiene products. — 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) As used in this section, the term "menstrual hygiene 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | products" means tampons and sanitary napkins for use in 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | connection with the menstrual cycle. 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2) A school district may make menstrual hygiene products 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | available in each school within the district, at no charge. The 25 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 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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| 51 | 51 | | menstrual hygiene products may be located in the s chool nurse's 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | office, other school facilities for health services, and in 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | restrooms within each school, including wheelchair accessible 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | restrooms. The menstrual hygiene products may not display any 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | advertisement, logo, or text except for the brand name and any 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | product information provided by the manufacturer. Any associated 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | dispensing mechanism may not display any advertisement, logo, or 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | text except for the brand name and product information provided 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | by the manufacturer or information necessary to maintain the 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | dispensing mechanism. If the products or dispensing mechanism is 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | provided, sponsored, or otherwise funded by a person or an 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | organization other than the school district or the manufacturer, 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | information related to the provider, sponsor, or person or 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | organization making such donation may not be displayed. 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (3) Participating schools shall ensure that students are 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | provided appropriate notice as to the availability and location 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | of the menstrual hygiene products. 42 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (4) School districts are encouraged to partn er with 43 |
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| 69 | 69 | | nonprofit organizations, nongovernmental organizations, 44 |
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| 70 | 70 | | businesses, and other organizations to assist in supplying and 45 |
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| 71 | 71 | | maintaining such menstrual hygiene products. 46 |
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| 72 | 72 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 47 |
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