HB231
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require each public school that includes any of grades six through 12 to provide free menstrual discharge collection devices to students; require each local board of education to adopt policies for the distribution of free menstrual discharge collection devices; define "menstrual discharge collection devices"; amend KRS 139.010 to define "menstrual discharge collection devices"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale or purchase of menstrual discharge collection devices; APPROPRIATION; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.
Introduced: February 4, 2025
Last action: February 7, 2025
Plain-language summary
This bill would require Kentucky public schools serving grades 6 through 12 to provide free menstrual products to students, with each local school board setting its own distribution policies. It also removes the state sales tax from the purchase of these products. Funding is included to help carry out the requirements. Who it may affect: students in public middle and high schools, local school boards, and shoppers purchasing menstrual products in Kentucky.
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