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Committee re‑hears bill to require free menstrual products for incarcerated women
Summary
Representative Humphrey told the House Government Oversight Committee that House Bill 29 would require county, local and state correctional facilities to provide free feminine hygiene products to incarcerated women and adopt written distribution policies.
Representative Humphrey, sponsor of House Bill 29, told the Government Oversight Committee the bill would require correctional facilities across Ohio to provide feminine hygiene products to incarcerated women at no cost and to adopt written distribution and disposal policies.
Humphrey said the measure aims to codify protections that are currently supplied by an Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) variance issued in November 2022. “A variance is not a law,” Humphrey told the…
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