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An Act to increase access to disposable menstrual products in prisons, homeless shelters, and public schools

Filed by Patricia D. Jehlen  ·  20 cosponsors  ·  192nd General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S1445  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD748

10 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2021-03-29SenateReferred to the committee on Public Health
2021-03-29HouseHouse concurred
2021-05-21JointHearing scheduled for 06/07/2021 from 10:00 AM-02:00 PM in Virtual Hearing
2021-12-02SenateAccompanied by H2354
2021-12-02SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2022-02-28SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting thereof a new draft, see S2730
2022-02-28SenateOrder relative to subject matter adopted
2022-02-28SenatePlaced in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2022
2022-03-03SenateRead second
2022-03-03SenateNew draft substituted, see S2730

1 amendments filed

1 adopted, as amended

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An Act to increase access to disposable menstrual productsSenate Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted, as Amended

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2022-02-28 10:35  ·  Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft

favorable · 16

no action · 1

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2021-06-07Public Health (J)Virtual Hearing, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorablePublic Health (J)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (S)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.