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| 5 | 4 | | SENATE BILL 588 |
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| 6 | 5 | | By Akbari |
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| 8 | 7 | | |
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| 9 | 8 | | SB0588 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 002298 |
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| 11 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, |
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| 14 | 13 | | Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, |
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| 15 | 14 | | Chapter 9, relative to feminine hygiene products. |
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| 17 | 16 | | WHEREAS, a survey by Thinx and PERIOD reported that two-thirds of teen students felt |
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| 18 | 17 | | stressed due to the lack of period products in their schools. Further, eighty-six percent missed a |
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| 19 | 18 | | class or knew someone who missed a class due to a lack of period products; and |
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| 20 | 19 | | WHEREAS, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota, New |
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| 21 | 20 | | Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, and Oregon are all states that fund and require period products in |
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| 22 | 21 | | schools; and |
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| 23 | 22 | | WHEREAS, universities such as Belmont University have created successful period |
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| 24 | 23 | | product programs, providing free and accessible period products for the student body; now, |
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| 25 | 24 | | therefore, |
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| 26 | 25 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 27 | 26 | | SECTION 1. This act is known and may be cited as the "Tennessee for Tampons Act." |
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| 28 | 27 | | SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1, is amended by |
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| 29 | 28 | | adding the following as a new section: |
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| 30 | 29 | | (a) As used in this section, "feminine hygiene product": |
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| 31 | 30 | | (1) Means any product to be used by women with respect to |
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| 32 | 31 | | menstruation or other genital-tract secretions; and |
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| 33 | 32 | | (2) Includes tampons and sanitary napkins. |
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| 34 | 33 | | (b) Public institutions of higher education shall provide feminine hygiene |
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| 35 | 34 | | products in all women's and girl's bathrooms and locker rooms. |
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| 38 | 37 | | - 2 - 002298 |
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| 40 | 39 | | (c) Public institutions of higher education shall collaborate with the institution's |
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| 41 | 40 | | student governments and building maintenance managers for the administration and |
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| 42 | 41 | | restocking of feminine hygiene products in all women's and girl's bathrooms and locker |
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| 43 | 42 | | rooms at the institution. |
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| 44 | 43 | | SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. |
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