Bill Text: NH HB129 | 2023 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to menstrual hygiene products in schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Inexpedient to Legislate, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote === BILL KILLED ===; 05/11/2023; Senate Journal 14 [HB129 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2023-HB129-Amended.html
HB 129-FN-LOCAL - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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2023 SESSION
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10/05
HOUSE BILL 129-FN-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to menstrual hygiene products in schools.
SPONSORS: Rep. Edwards, Rock. 31
COMMITTEE: Finance
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires school districts to provide menstrual hygiene products to all menstruating students attending public schools.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to menstrual hygiene products in schools.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 School Districts; Menstrual Hygiene Products. Amend RSA 189:16-a, I to read as follows:
I. [The school district] School districts shall make menstrual hygiene products available at no cost [in all gender neutral bathrooms and bathrooms designated for females located in public middle and high schools] to all menstruating students attending public schools.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect August 1, 2023.
23-0154
10/24/22
HB 129-FN-LOCAL- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to menstrual hygiene products in schools.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ X ] Local [ ] None
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STATE: | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 |
Appropriation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | $0 | $1,482,500 | $630,000 | $630,000 |
Funding Source: | [ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ ] Other | |||
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Revenue | $0 | $1,482,500 | $630,000 | $630,000 |
Expenditures | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
METHODOLOGY:
This bill requires the Department of Education fund the local acquisition of menstrual hygiene products at a rate of $15 per school year for every enrolled female having passed her 12th birthday, beginning in the 2023-2024 school year and each year thereafter. Additionally, this bill allows school districts to request funds for providing menstrual hygiene products during the 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022, and 2022-2023 school years on a one-time basis, at the rate of $5 per school year for every enrolled female who has passed her 12th birthday.
The Department has provided the following assumptions and cost estimates:
- The enrollment in public middle and high schools is approximately 84,000, with the assumption that 42,000 are female. At the rate of $15 per female, the cost could be estimated at $630,000 (42,000 students x $15) per year beginning in 2023-2024.
- The total middle and high school enrollment in 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022, and 2022-2023 is approximately 85,250 per year, with the assumption that 42,625 are female. At the rate of $5 per female, the one-time cost of funding the prior school years could be estimated at $852,500 (42,625 students x 4 years x $5). It is assumed this would be expended in FY 2024.
Ultimately, this bill will increase state general fund expenditures and local school district revenue by $1,482,500 in FY 2024 and $630,000 in FY 2025 and each year thereafter.
It should be noted there are no funds appropriated for the purpose of this bill.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Education
