Georgia House Bill 861 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on November 22 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-26 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Health and Human Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 16 of Chapter 2 of Title 20, Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 42, and Chapter 1 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to health, inmate policies, and general provisions regarding social services, respectively, so as to increase access to disposable menstrual products in public schools, penal institutions, certain social service shelters, and housing facilities; to provide for definitions; to require the provision of disposable menstrual products to certain persons at no cost; to authorize the Department of Education to promulgate model policies and guidance for local boards of education; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Health; increase access to disposable menstrual products in public schools, penal institutions, certain social service shelters, and housing facilities

Rep. Sandra Scott [D]	Rep. Kim Schofield [D]	Rep. Viola Davis [D]	Rep. Carolyn Hugley [D]
Rep. Debbie Buckner [D]	Rep. Gloria Frazier [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-26	House	House Second Readers
2022-01-25	House	House First Readers
2022-01-24	House	House Hopper
2021-11-22	House	House Prefiled

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/61029
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/203125
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/203577