North Carolina 2023-2024 Session Status: In Committee 7 D cosponsors

SB 556 — End Menstrual Poverty Act.

Last action — Passed 1st Reading

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2023-2024 Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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What changed in the latest version

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Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Senate Bill 556 details the involvement of a nonprofit organization in collecting and distributing diapers and personal hygiene products. This change highlights the importance of community support in addressing hygiene needs, emphasizing the role of nonprofit efforts in public health. It matters because it showcases the collaboration between government and nonprofit groups to help vulnerable populations.

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FILED SENATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA Apr 4, 2023 S.B.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2023 S 1 SENATE BILL 556 Short Title:
556 SESSION 2023 PRINCIPAL CLERK S D SENATE BILL DRS15242-NHa-141 Short Title:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO INCREASE ACCESS TO FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS IN NORTH CAROLINA DIAPER BANKS AND TO INCREASE FUNDS FOR THE FEMININE HYGIENE PROGRAM.
Rules and Operations of the Senate April 5, 2023 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO INCREASE ACCESS TO FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS IN NORTH CAROLINA DIAPER BANKS AND TO INCREASE FUNDS FOR THE FEMININE HYGIENE PROGRAM.
There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services the sum of three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2023-2024 fiscal year to be allocated to the Diaper Bank of North Carolina, anonprofit organization that collects anddistributes diapers and otherpersonal hygiene products to assist those in need and to increase the accessibility of feminine hygiene products in local diaper banks throughout the State.
There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services the sum of three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2023-2024 fiscal year to be allocated to the Diaper Bank of North Carolina, anonprofit organization thatcollects anddistributes diapers and otherpersonal hygiene products to assist those in need and to increase the accessibility of feminine hygiene products in local diaper banks throughout the State.
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Action History

  1. Passed 1st Reading

  2. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  3. Filed

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2 sponsors · 7 co-sponsors · 170 not signed on

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (7)

Not signed on (170)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 556?
SB 556 is sponsored by Natalie S. Murdock (Democratic), Julie Mayfield (Democratic), Marcus, Val Applewhite (Democratic), Hunt, Mujtaba A. Mohammed (Democratic), Joyce Waddell (Democratic), Kandie D. Smith (Democratic), and Graig Meyer (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 556?
This bill died with 2023-2024 Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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