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Mass. Senate approves law to provide free disposable menstrual products in schools, jails and homeless shelters
Summary
The Massachusetts Senate passed an act to require free disposable menstrual products in public elementary and secondary schools, correctional facilities and homeless shelters, voting 39–0 to send the bill to be engrossed.
The Massachusetts Senate on Oct. 16, 2025 passed legislation to make disposable menstrual products available at no cost in public elementary and secondary schools, jails and correctional facilities and in homeless shelters.
The bill, described in the chamber as the "I Am" bill and advanced by Sen. Joanne M. Comerford of Northampton and championed in remarks by Sen. Patrick M. O'Connor of Weymouth, was ordered to a third reading as amended and then passed to be engrossed by a recorded voice vote that the clerk later recorded as 39 in favor, none opposed.
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