Oregon bill requires free feminine products in schools
Tampons and pads would be available in school bathroom dispensers under proposed legislation
East Multnomah County freshman legislator Ricki Ruiz has introduced a bill in the Oregon Legislature that would require public schools and colleges to provide feminine hygiene products free to students.
The bill would make menstrual products available in all middle and high schools, community colleges, public universities and public charter schools at zero cost to the attending students, Ruiz said.
House Bill 3294, The Menstrual Dignity Act, was introduced by Ruiz and six other chief sponsors and 10 regular sponsors.
This is one of the first bills that 26-year-old Ruiz (D-Gresham) is shepherding through the legislature. Ruiz also sits on the Reynolds School District school board.
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