| 1 | 1 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 4267 |
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| 2 | 2 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 3 | 3 | | ________________________________________ |
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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, January 22, 2024. |
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| 5 | 5 | | The committee on Higher Education to whom was referred the petition |
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| 6 | 6 | | (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1255) of Mindy Domb and others |
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| 7 | 7 | | relative to requiring menstrual products in buildings on public higher |
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| 8 | 8 | | education campuses, reports recommending that the accompanying bill |
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| 9 | 9 | | (House, No. 4267) ought to pass. |
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| 10 | 10 | | For the committee, |
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| 11 | 11 | | DAVID M. ROGERS. 1 of 1 |
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| 12 | 12 | | FILED ON: 1/18/2024 |
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| 13 | 13 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4267 |
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| 14 | 14 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 15 | 15 | | _______________ |
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| 16 | 16 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 18 | 18 | | _______________ |
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| 19 | 19 | | An Act requiring menstrual products in buildings on public higher education campuses. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 21 | 21 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1 Chapter 15A of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 27 the |
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| 23 | 23 | | 2following section:- |
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| 24 | 24 | | 3 Section 27A. Subject to appropriation each public institution of higher education shall |
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| 25 | 25 | | 4provide disposable menstrual products to menstruating individuals in the restrooms of any such |
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| 26 | 26 | | 5institution’s building at no cost. The disposable menstrual products shall be available in a |
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| 27 | 27 | | 6convenient manner that does not stigmatize the individual seeking such products. For the |
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| 28 | 28 | | 7purposes of this section “disposable menstrual products” shall mean products including, but not |
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| 29 | 29 | | 8limited to, tampons, sanitary napkins, and underwear liners. |
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