House File 883 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 883 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO HF 543) A BILL FOR An Act providing for access to feminine hygiene products in 1 public school restrooms and making an appropriation. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2761HV (2) 91 jda/jh

H.F. 883 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 279.87 Access to feminine hygiene 1 products —— restrooms —— appropriation. 2 1. The board of directors of a school district shall ensure 3 that feminine hygiene products can be accessed by female 4 students without cost in the women’s restrooms in school 5 buildings in the district where students in grades six through 6 twelve are educated and that the supply of feminine hygiene 7 products is refilled regularly. For purposes of this section, 8 “feminine hygiene products” means sanitary napkins, tampons, or 9 other similar items used for feminine hygiene. 10 2. There is appropriated annually from the general fund 11 of the state to the department of education for the period 12 beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2028, an amount 13 necessary to fund the full cost of compliance with this 14 section by school districts. The department shall establish 15 processes for school districts to submit the documented 16 cost of compliance with this section to the department on a 17 quarter, trimester, or semester basis and for the department 18 to reimburse school districts for such costs. The department 19 may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this 20 subsection. This subsection is repealed July 1, 2028. 21 Sec. 2. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance 22 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring 23 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall be 24 paid by a school district from funds appropriated by section 25 279.84, subsection 2, as enacted by this Act, and, for school 26 years beginning on or after July 1, 2028, from state school 27 foundation aid received by the school district under section 28 257.16. This specification of the payment of the state cost 29 shall be deemed to meet all of the state funding-related 30 requirements of section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional 31 state funding shall be necessary for the full implementation of 32 this Act by and enforcement of this Act against all affected 33 school districts. 34 EXPLANATION 35 -1- LSB 2761HV (2) 91 jda/jh 1/ 2

H.F. 883 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 2 This bill requires school boards to ensure that feminine 3 hygiene products can be accessed by female students without 4 cost in the women’s restrooms in school buildings in the 5 district where students in grades 6 through 12 are educated 6 and that the supply of feminine hygiene products is refilled 7 regularly. The bill defines “feminine hygiene products” as 8 sanitary napkins, tampons, or other similar items used for 9 feminine hygiene. 10 The bill appropriates an amount necessary to fund the full 11 cost of compliance with the bill by school districts from the 12 general fund of the state to the department of education for 13 the period beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2028. 14 The bill directs the department to establish processes for 15 school districts to submit the documented cost of compliance 16 to the department and for the department to reimburse school 17 districts for such costs. 18 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 19 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of 20 any state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school 21 district from funds appropriated by the bill, and, for school 22 years beginning on or after July 1, 2028, from state school 23 foundation aid received by the school district under Code 24 section 257.16. The specification is deemed to constitute 25 state compliance with any state mandate funding-related 26 requirements of Code section 25B.2. The inclusion of this 27 specification is intended to reinstate the requirement of 28 political subdivisions to comply with any state mandates 29 included in the bill. 30 -2- LSB 2761HV (2) 91 jda/jh 2/ 2