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Committee votes to keep school menstrual‑product requirement in place, labels it an unfunded mandate
Summary
The committee moved to 'indefinitely postpone' House Bill 415, which would remove an existing requirement that schools provide menstrual products. Lawmakers described the requirement as an unfunded mandate in place since 2019 and unanimously stopped the bill from advancing, 17-0.
CONCORD — The House Education Committee voted to indefinitely postpone House Bill 415, which would have removed an existing statutory requirement that schools provide menstrual products.
Representative Litchfield made the motion to ITL (indefinitely postpone), arguing that although the committee generally opposes unfunded mandates, the requirement has been on the books since 2019 and…
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