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Introduced
01/31/2024
01/31/2024
In Committee
05/04/2024
05/04/2024
Crossed Over
05/21/2024
05/21/2024
Passed
05/21/2024
05/21/2024
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
06/05/2024
06/05/2024
Introduced Session
2024 Regular Session
Bill Summary
CONCERNING MEASURES TO PROVIDE MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS AT NO EXPENSE TO STUDENTS, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
AI Summary
This bill aims to ensure that all students in Colorado who menstruate have access to menstrual products at no expense. The key provisions include:
- Requiring local education providers (school districts, charter schools, and boards of cooperative services) to provide menstrual products in at least 25% of applicable student bathrooms by June 2025, increasing to 100% of applicable bathrooms by June 2028. Smaller rural school districts are exempt from the earlier timelines.
- Allowing local education providers to remove menstrual products from bathrooms if they are experiencing vandalism or destruction of property due to the products, but requiring them to post information on where products are available.
- Providing a $200,000 appropriation from the general fund for the 2024-25 fiscal year to support a grant program for eligible recipients to acquire and distribute menstrual products.
The bill defines key terms like "applicable school building," "applicable student bathroom," and "menstrual products," and includes a legislative declaration about the importance of ensuring access to these basic health needs for students.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Education
Sponsors (47)
Janet Buckner (D)*,
Leslie Herod (D)*,
Brianna Titone (D)*,
Jenny Willford (D)*,
Faith Winter (D)*,
Jennifer Bacon (D),
Andrew Boesenecker (D),
Jeff Bridges (D),
Kyle Brown (D),
James Coleman (D),
Lisa Cutter (D),
Jessie Danielson (D),
Monica Duran (D),
Regina English (D),
Elisabeth Epps (D),
Tony Exum (D),
Rhonda Fields (D),
Julie Gonzales (D),
Eliza Hamrick (D),
Chris Hansen (D),
Nick Hinrichsen (D),
Sonya Jaquez Lewis (D),
Iman Jodeh (D),
Chris Kennedy (D),
Cathy Kipp (D),
Chris Kolker (D),
Sheila Lieder (D),
Mandy Lindsay (D),
Meghan Lukens (D),
Javier Mabrey (D),
Janice Marchman (D),
Julia Marvin (D),
Julie McCluskie (D),
Karen McCormick (D),
Dafna Michaelson Jenet (D),
Jennifer Parenti (D),
Kevin Priola (D),
Dylan Roberts (D),
Manny Rutinel (D),
Emily Sirota (D),
Tammy Story (D),
Tom Sullivan (D),
Alex Valdez (D),
Elizabeth Velasco (D),
Michael Weissman (D),
Steven Woodrow (D),
Mary Young (D),
Last Action
Governor Signed (on 06/05/2024)
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