Last updated 4/9/2026
Did you know that providing students with freely-accessible tampons and pads can increase school attendance by 2.4%? No menstruator, especially K-12 students, should be without products if they start their period at school. Thankfully, over the past few years, there has been an uptick in legislation that requires access to period products in schools for students.
Here’s a comprehensive list of legislation that positively impacts student menstruators and the states making the world better for people with periods!
Alabama HB50
Schools, K-12, and local boards of education are required to provide period products in restrooms of Title 1 schools at no cost to students.
Arizona SB1720
For Fiscal Year 2023-2024, Arizona included $2,000,000 in the Department of Education budget for period products. No legislation was passed in Arizona to mandate that schools provide the products, however, this funding will significantly impact schools’ ability to provide these essential items.
Arkansas Act 933
Allows public schools and open-enrollment public charter schools to use the funding to provide period products at no charge.
California AB367
All California public schools and universities must provide free menstrual products in their restrooms. Check out our blog for more details on California’s Menstrual Equity For All Act from 2021!
Colorado SB21-255 & HB24-1164
In the fall of 2021, the Colorado legislature created the Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility Grant Program to provide funding for schools – that have 50% of students enrolled who are eligible for free or reduced-cost lunch – to provide period products at no cost to students. The legislation appropriated $100,000 annually for the grant program starting with the 2021-2022 school year.
In 2024, the legislation was expanded to require that all schools in grades 6-12 provide period supplies free of charge. The state will provide $200,000 annually to help fund the mandate.
Connecticut Substitute 5272
Requires all Connecticut public schools to provide free period products in restrooms accessible to students. Read our blog about Connecticut’s legislation!
Delaware HB 20
Requires all public and charter schools to provide free period products.
Georgia HB910
Georgia’s Department of Education received budget funding to provide period products in Georgia public schools. Learn the full details about how the money for the program is distributed and where products can be found!
Hawaii SB2821
Ensures all public school students have access to quality and free period products. Kalaheo Rainbow, an LGBTQ+-focused and student-led organization, is doing AMAZING work to create a more inclusive and equitable bathroom experience for menstruators at their school. Read about how they started working with Aunt Flow!
Illinois HB156
As of the 2021-2022 school year, all Illinois school districts are required to make period products available at no cost to students in each bathroom of every school building for schools that provide instruction in grades 4 – 12. Additional legislation in Illinois requires period products to be provided in public universities, community colleges, and homeless shelters. Check out our blog about Illinois’ legislation from 2021!
Maryland HB205
School boards of education ensure each public school provides period products via dispensers in women’s restrooms at no charge to students.
Minnesota HF44
Requires schools to provide free period products to students in grades 4-12.
Missouri HB3002
Missouri’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education was provided $1,000,000 in their state budget for 2022-2023 to provide period products in all public schools.
Nebraska LB1284
Includes a provision to establish a pilot program for free and accessible period products to be provided in a small number of schools for the 2025-26 school year.
Nevada AB224
Provides access to period products in certain public schools around the state.
New Hampshire SB142
School boards must make period products free of charge in public high school restrooms.
New Jersey A1349/S1221
Beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, schools with grades 6-12 must offer free period products (pads and tampons) in at least 50% of their female and gender-neutral bathrooms. The state will be responsible for any costs incurred by the school district in providing an adequate supply of period products to ensure the needs of students are met.
New Mexico HB134
Requires free period products in every public school, from elementary schools to high schools.
NY State Senate Bill 9379
The Department of Education must make free period products available to students in the bathrooms of school buildings in NYC, along with free access in homeless shelters.
North Carolina Feminine Hygiene Products Grant Program
Through the Feminine Hygiene Products Grant Program, schools can receive grants for providing period products in public schools at no charge to students.
Ohio HB33
Ohio’s 2024-2025 fiscal budget designates $5 million in funding for period products and dispensers, requiring each school district, other public school and chartered nonpublic school that enrolls girls in any grades 6-12 to provide free period products to those students.
Oregon HB3294
All public education institutions must provide free pads and tampons in school bathrooms. Read more about Oregon’s Menstrual Dignity Act!
Pennsylvania SB700
$3,000,000 for the Department of Health, in consultation with the Department of Education, was included in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 state budget to award grants to school entities to provide period products at no cost to students.
Rhode Island S86A
Schools, K-12, and local boards of education are required to provide period products in restrooms of Title 1 schools. All Rhode Island public schools must provide free period products in all female and gender-neutral bathrooms, serving students in grades 5-12 at no cost.
Utah HB162
Requires local school boards and charter school governing boards to provide period products in specific restrooms within all school facilities. To celebrate the installation of 6,300 Aunt Flow dispensers in Utah public and charter schools, our team had a Period Party with The Policy Project, Utah Period Party, and the student ambassadors who helped make the dream of access to period products a reality!
Virginia SB232
All Virginia public elementary, middle and high schools are required to provide period products at no cost to students.
Washington HB1273
Schools must make menstrual products available at no cost in all bathrooms.
Washington, D.C. PR24-0529
Beginning in 2022, all local education agencies, private schools, the University of DC, private universities and colleges, and vocational schools are required to install and maintain dispensers to provide period products, at no cost, in women’s and gender-neutral bathrooms, beginning in grade 4. This legislation utilized existing funds in the current budget for the remainder of 2022.
