1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 HOUSE BILL 3329 By: Roe
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to schools; defining term; requiring
7 certain schools to make menstrual products available
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8 accessible location of products; directing adoption
9 of certain policies and procedures; requiring
9 submission of annual report to the State Department
10 of Education; authorizing State Board of Education to
10 promulgate rules; providing for codification; and
11 providing an effective date.
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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16 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-116.4 of Title 70, unless
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17 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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18 A. As used in this section, "menstrual products" means tampons
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19 and sanitary napkins for use in connection with the menstrual cycle
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20 that conform with applicable industry standards.
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21 B. Every public school or charter school in the state with
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22 grades below grade six shall make menstrual products available at no
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23 cost to students, in at least one neutral location easily accessible
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24 to all students that does not stigmatize any student seeking the
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 1 products, such as a school nurse's office or administrative office,
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2 as appropriate.
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3 C. Every public school or charter school in the state with
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4 grades six through twelve shall make menstrual products available at
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5 no cost to students, in easily accessible locations that do not
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6 stigmatize any student seeking such products, including in the
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7 school bathrooms. This shall include all female, gender-neutral,
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8 and standalone handicapped bathrooms accessed by students in grades
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9 six through twelve, as well as a neutral location, such as a school
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10 nurse's office or administrative office, as appropriate.
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11 D. Every school district board of education and public charter
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12 school governing board shall adopt policies and procedures:
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13 1. To ensure menstrual products are available and provided at
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14 no cost to all students who need them. The policies shall include a
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15 process by which students can provide grievances or other complaints
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16 about lack of access to or quality of menstrual products; and
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17 2. To inform students of the availability of menstrual products
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18 as provided in this section by including the policies and procedures
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19 adopted pursuant to this section in any student handbook and posting
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20 the policies and procedures on school websites and locations in the
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21 school where notices are commonly posted, including student
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22 bathrooms and school nurses' offices.
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23 E. No later than thirty (30) days following the end of each
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24 fiscal year, every school district and charter school shall submit a
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 1 report to the State Department of Education containing the number of
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2 menstrual products purchased in the preceding fiscal year, the
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3 number of menstrual products distributed to students in the
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4 preceding year, and any grievances or other complaints about lack of
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5 access to or quality of menstrual products. The reports shall be
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6 made available for public inspection.
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7 F. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules to
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8 implement the provisions of this section.
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9 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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11 59-2-8703 EK 12/31/23
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