Bill Text: WV HB5121 | 2026 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: To mandate county boards of education to provide feminine hygiene products in all public elementary, middle, and high schools for female students

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced) 2026-02-03 - To House Education [HB5121 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2026-HB5121-Introduced.html

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WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2026 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 5121

By Delegate Young

[Introduced February 03, 2026; referred to the Committee on Education then Finance]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §18-5-55, relating to feminine hygiene products; and providing feminine hygiene products to students in public schools at no cost.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

 

ARTICLE 5. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

§18-5-55.  Free feminine hygiene products for students.

County boards of education in this state shall provide students free access to feminine hygiene products in all public schools.  

 

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide free feminine hygiene products to students in public schools.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.