North Carolina HB 510: Menstrual Equity for All Act.

Status: Passed 1st Reading (as of 2025-03-26)

State: North Carolina · Session: 2025 · Bill: HB 510

Subjects: APPROPRIATIONS; BUDGETING; EDUCATION; ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; PUBLIC; PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.; SECONDARY EDUCATION; WOMEN; HYGIENE PRODUCTS

Sponsors: Belk, Dahle, von Haefen, Ager, Baker, Ball, Budd, Butler, Clark, G. Brown, Greenfield, Harrison, Hawkins, Johnson-Hostler, K. Brown, Logan, Morey, Prather, Price, R. Pierce, Roberson, Rubin, Turner

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 510

Short Title: Menstrual Equity for All Act. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives von Haefen, Dahle, Belk, and G. Brown (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
March 26, 2025
*H510-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO ENACT THE MENSTRUAL EQUITY FOR ALL ACT. 2
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 3
SECTION 1. G.S. 105-164.3 is amended by adding two new subdivisions to read: 4
"(88) Feminine hygiene products. – Tampons, panty liners, menstrual cups, sanitary 5
napkins, and other similar tangible personal property designed for feminine 6
hygiene in connection with the human menstrual cycle but does not include 7
"grooming and hygiene products." 8
... 9
(94) Grooming and hygiene products. – Soaps and cleaning solutions, shampoo, 10
toothpaste, mouthwash, antiperspirants, and sun tan lotions and screens, 11
regardless of whether the items meet the definition of "over-the-counter 12
drugs."" 13
SECTION 2. G.S. 105-164.13 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read: 14
"(76) Feminine hygiene products." 15
SECTION 3. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 16
Public Instruction the recurring sum of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) for each 17
year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to be used for the Feminine Hygiene Products Grant 18
Program established pursuant to G.S. 115C-377. 19
SECTION 4. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025. Sections 1 and 2 of this act 20
apply to sales made on or after that date. 21

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