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An Act to increase access to disposable menstrual products

Filed by Patricia D. Jehlen  ·  28 cosponsors  ·  193rd General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S1381  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD1171

10 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2023-02-16SenateReferred to the committee on Public Health
2023-02-16HouseHouse concurred
2023-05-26JointHearing scheduled for 06/06/2023 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium
2023-09-28SenateAccompanied by H534
2023-09-28SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2023-10-19SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting a new draft, see S2481
2023-10-19SenateOrder relative to subject matter adopted
2023-10-19SenatePlaced in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, October 26, 2023
2023-10-26SenateRead second
2023-10-26SenateNew draft substituted, see S2481

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)  ·  2023-10-19 10:30  ·  Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft

favorable · 15

reserve right · 1

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
2023-06-06Public Health (J)Gardner Auditorium, 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.