Delaware 151st General Assembly (2021-2022) Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 18 D · 1 R cosponsors

HB 20 — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF FREE FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 04, 2020. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 26 sponsors

    7 primary, 19 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (18 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

This bill requires all public and charter schools which have students in grades 6-12 to provide free feminine hygiene products in 50% of the bathrooms used by students who can have a menstrual cycle. This bill also requires schools to publish on its website and post in its common areas the locations of the bathrooms where the hygiene products are provided. Finally, this bill provides that each school must consult with its school nurse regarding the products to be provided.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

28 added · 14 removed

28 line(s) added, 14 removed.

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Longhurst HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 151st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE AMENDMENT NO.
Longhurst & Sen.
1 TO HOUSE BILL NO.
Gay & Sen.
20 AMEND House Bill No.
Lockman & Sen.
20 on line 3 by deleting “§ 4141” and inserting in lieu thereof “§ 4142”.
Poore & Rep.
FURTHER AMEND House Bill No.
Heffernan & Rep.
20 on line 6 by deleting “2020-2021” and inserting in lieu thereof “2021- 2022”.
Lambert & Rep.
FURTHER AMEND House Bill No.
S.
20 on line 7 by inserting “, including those designated non-gender conforming,” after “bathrooms” and before “used” therein.
Moore Reps.
SYNOPSIS This Amendment changes the section of the Delaware Code being amended and the school year by which all public schools and charter schools must provide feminine hygiene products to students who can have a menstrual cycle from the 2020-2021 school year to the school year commencing in the fall of 2021.
Baumbach, Brady, Chukwuocha, Cooke, Griffith, K.
It also requires that feminine hygiene products be provided in ½ of bathrooms designated non-gender conforming.
Johnson, Kowalko, Minor-Brown, Mitchell, Morrison, Osienski, Michael Smith;
Sens.
Hansen, S.
McBride, Paradee, Pinkney, Sokola, Sturgeon, Townsend HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 151st GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE BILL NO.
20 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF FREE FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:
Section 1.
Amend Chapter 41, Title 14 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strikethrough and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
§ 4141.
Free feminine hygiene products in schools.
(a) For the purposes of this section, “feminine hygiene products” means tampons and sanitary napkins, for use in connection with the menstrual cycle.
(b) By the 2020-2021 school year, all public and charter schools maintaining any combination of grades 6-12 shall provide free feminine hygiene products in a minimum of ½ of bathrooms used by students who can have a menstrual cycle.
(c) Schools must publish on the school’s website and post in the school’s common areas the locations of the bathrooms where feminine hygiene products are provided.
Such information should be updated if bathroom locations are changed.
(d) Each school must consult with its school nurse regarding the feminine hygiene products to be provided.
SYNOPSIS This bill requires all public and charter schools which have students in grades 6-12 to provide free feminine hygiene products in 50% of the bathrooms used by students who can have a menstrual cycle.
This bill also requires schools to publish on its website and post in its common areas the locations of the bathrooms where the hygiene products are provided.
Finally, this bill provides that each school must consult with its school nurse regarding the products to be provided.
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Action History

  1. Signed by Governor

  2. Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES

  3. Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 Favorable

  4. Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate

  5. Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits

  6. Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate

  7. Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT

  8. Amendment HA 1 to HB 20 - Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES

  9. Amendment HA 1 to HB 20 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

  10. Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable

  11. Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House

Sponsors

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7 sponsors · 19 co-sponsors · 36 not signed on

Sponsors (7)

Co-sponsors (19)

Not signed on (36)

36 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

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Passed 21 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5000
Democratic 11000
Republican 5000
Total 21000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Bruce C. Ennis — Yea
Colin Bonini — Yea
Ernesto B Lopez — Yea
Kyle Evans Gay — Yea
Sarah McBride — Yea
Bryan Townsend Democratic Yea
Darius J. Brown Democratic Yea
David P. Sokola Democratic Yea
John "Jack" Walsh Democratic Yea
Laura V. Sturgeon Democratic Yea
Marie Pinkney Democratic Yea
Nicole Poore Democratic Yea
S. Elizabeth Lockman Democratic Yea
Spiros Mantzavinos Democratic Yea
Stephanie L. Hansen Democratic Yea
Trey Paradee Democratic Yea
Brian Pettyjohn Republican Yea
Bryant L. Richardson Republican Yea
Dave G. Lawson Republican Yea
David L. Wilson Republican Yea
Gerald W. Hocker Republican Yea

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Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Democratic 15001
Republican 12000
Total 40001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (41)
Member Party Vote
Andria L. Bennett — Yea
David Bentz — Yea
Gerald L. Brady — Yea
John A. Kowalko — Yea
John L. Mitchell — Yea
Michael Ramone — Yea
Paul S. Baumbach — Yea
Peter C. Schwartzkopf — Yea
Ruth Briggs King — Yea
Sean Matthews — Yea
Sherry Dorsey Walker — Yea
Stephen Smyk — Yea
Valerie Longhurst — Yea
Debra Heffernan Democratic Yea
Edward S. Osienski Democratic Yea
Eric Morrison Democratic Yea
Franklin D. Cooke Democratic Yea
Kendra Johnson Democratic Yea
Kimberly Williams Democratic Yea
Krista Griffith Democratic Yea
Larry Lambert Democratic Yea
Madinah Wilson-Anton Democratic Yea
Melissa Minor-Brown Democratic Yea
Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha Democratic Yea
Sean M. Lynn Democratic Yea
Sherae'a Moore Democratic Yea
Stephanie T. Bolden Democratic Not Voting
William Bush Democratic Yea
William J. Carson Democratic Yea
Bryan W. Shupe Republican Yea
Charles S Postles Jr. Republican Yea
Daniel B. Short Republican Yea
Jeffrey N. Spiegelman Republican Yea
Jesse R. Vanderwende Republican Yea
Kevin S Hensley Republican Yea
Lyndon D. Yearick Republican Yea
Michael F. Smith Republican Yea
Richard G. Collins Republican Yea
Ronald E. Gray Republican Yea
Shannon Morris Republican Yea
Timothy D. Dukes Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 20 do?
This bill requires all public and charter schools which have students in grades 6-12 to provide free feminine hygiene products in 50% of the bathrooms used by students who can have a menstrual cycle. This bill also requires schools to publish on its website and post in its common areas the locations of the bathrooms where the hygiene products are provided. Finally, this bill provides that each school must consult with its school nurse regarding the products to be provided.
Who sponsors HB 20?
HB 20 is sponsored by Kyle Evans Gay, S. Elizabeth Lockman (Democratic), Nicole Poore (Democratic), Debra Heffernan (Democratic), Larry Lambert (Democratic), Sherae'a Moore (Democratic), Stephanie L. Hansen (Democratic), Trey Paradee (Democratic), Marie Pinkney (Democratic), David P. Sokola (Democratic), Laura V. Sturgeon (Democratic), Bryan Townsend (Democratic), Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha (Democratic), Franklin D. Cooke (Democratic), Krista Griffith (Democratic), Kendra Johnson (Democratic), Melissa Minor-Brown (Democratic), Eric Morrison (Democratic), Edward S. Osienski (Democratic), Michael F. Smith (Republican), John L. Mitchell, John A. Kowalko, Gerald L. Brady, Paul S. Baumbach, Sarah McBride, and Valerie Longhurst.
What is the current status of HB 20?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 04, 2020. Enacted.
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