Text of OH HB 30 (2024)
Require correctional facilities supply feminine hygiene products
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As introduced
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As Introduced
135th General Assembly
Regular Session
H. B. No. 30
2023-2024
Representative Humphrey
Cosponsors: Representatives Russo, Jarrells, Brent, Grim, Weinstein, Forhan,
Miller, A., Abdullahi, Brennan, Baker, Denson, Blackshear, Miranda, Upchurch,
Liston, McNally
A B I L L
To enact sections 341.261, 753.321, and 5120.631 of
the Revised Code to require municipal and county
correctional facilities and state correctional
institutions to provide inmates experiencing a
menstrual cycle with an adequate supply of
feminine hygiene products.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 341.261, 753.321, and 5120.631 of
the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 341.261.
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "County correctional facility" means a county jail,
county workhouse, minimum security jail, joint city and county
workhouse, municipal-county correctional center, multicounty-
municipal correctional center, municipal-county jail or
workhouse, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse.
(2) "Feminine hygiene products" means tampons and sanitary
napkins that are used for the menstrual cycle.
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(B) Each county correctional facility shall provide
inmates experiencing a menstrual cycle with an adequate supply
based on individualized need, in perpetuity and without
reprimand, of feminine hygiene products in a variety of sizes at
no cost to the inmates.
(C) Each county correctional facility shall have a written
policy and procedure in place that does all of the following:
(1) Protects inmates from the denial of feminine hygiene
products based on race, sex, gender identity, income status,
degree of charge, disability status, or any other type of
discriminatory identity;
(2) Establishes proper methods of storing, administering,
and disposing of feminine hygiene products;
(3) Establishes sanitary and safe procedures for hand
washing and cleaning of surfaces between restrooms and the
designated area for disposal bins.
(D) Each county correctional facility shall provide a
separate disposal container with a lid in a safe, designated
area for use by inmates experiencing a menstrual cycle within
the facility to dispose of used, soiled, or damaged feminine
hygiene products.
(E) No county correctional facility shall deny inmates
feminine hygiene products or the use of showering or bathing
facilities while experiencing menstruation, regardless of
whether the inmates are separated from the general population
for degree of charge or disciplinary reasons.
Sec. 753.321.
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Feminine hygiene products" means tampons and sanitary
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napkins that are used for the menstrual cycle.
(2) "Municipal correctional facility" means a municipal
jail, municipal workhouse, minimum security jail, joint city and
county workhouse, municipal-county correctional center,
multicounty-municipal correctional center, municipal-county jail
or workhouse, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse.
(B) Each municipal correctional facility shall provide
inmates experiencing a menstrual cycle with an adequate supply
based on individualized need, in perpetuity and without
reprimand, of feminine hygiene products in a variety of sizes at
no cost to the inmates.
(C) Each municipal correctional facility shall have a
written policy and procedure in place that does all of the
following:
(1) Protects inmates from the denial of feminine hygiene
products based on race, sex, gender identity, income status,
degree of charge, disability status, or any other type of
discriminatory identity;
(2) Establishes proper methods of storing, administering,
and disposing of feminine hygiene products;
(3) Establishes sanitary and safe procedures for hand
washing and cleaning of surfaces between restrooms and the
designated area for disposal bins.
(D) Each municipal correctional facility shall provide a
separate disposal container with a lid in a safe, designated
area for use by inmates experiencing a menstrual cycle within
the facility to dispose of used, soiled, or damaged feminine
hygiene products.
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(E) No municipal correctional facility shall deny inmates
feminine hygiene products or the use of showering or bathing
facilities while experiencing menstruation, regardless of
whether the inmates are separated from the general population
for degree of charge or disciplinary reasons.
Sec. 5120.631.
(A) As used in this section:
(1) "Feminine hygiene products" means tampons and sanitary
napkins that are used for the menstrual cycle.
(2) "State correctional institution" has the same meaning
as in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) Each state correctional institution shall provide
inmates experiencing a menstrual cycle with an adequate supply
based on individualized need, in perpetuity and without
reprimand, of feminine hygiene products in a variety of sizes at
no cost to the inmates.
(C) Each state correctional institution shall have a
written policy and procedure in place that does all of the
following:
(1) Protects inmates from the denial of feminine hygiene
products based on race, sex, gender identity, income status,
degree of charge, disability status, or any other type of
discriminatory identity;
(2) Establishes proper methods of storing, administering,
and disposing of feminine hygiene products;
(3) Establishes sanitary and safe procedures for hand
washing and cleaning of surfaces between restrooms and the
designated area for disposal bins.
(D) Each state correctional institution shall provide a
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separate disposal container with a lid in a safe, designated
area for use by inmates experiencing a menstrual cycle within
the institution to dispose of used, soiled, or damaged feminine
hygiene products.
(E) No state correctional institution shall deny inmates
feminine hygiene products or the use of showering or bathing
facilities while experiencing menstruation, regardless of
whether the inmates are separated from the general population
for degree of charge or disciplinary reasons.
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