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Introduced May 29, 2025 by Grace Meng · Last progress May 29, 2025
Provides federal funding, program rules, and legal requirements to expand free access to menstrual products across schools, colleges, prisons and detention centers, federal public buildings, workplaces (for employers with 100+ employees), and Medicaid, and prohibits state/local retail sales taxes on menstrual products. Establishes competitive grant programs (TANF-related and higher education), a Social Services Block Grant distribution stream for product distribution and outreach, reporting and evaluation requirements, and compliance certifications tied to Byrne JAG funding reductions for states that fail to certify access in correctional facilities.
The bill substantially expands access to menstrual products across schools, health programs, workplaces, federal buildings, and carceral settings—reducing period poverty and improving dignity—at the cost of new federal/state spending, lost local tax revenue, and added administrative and implementation burdens that may produce uneven coverage.
People who menstruate across many settings (low-income households, Medicaid enrollees, students, people in shelters, incarcerated people, federal employees/visitors, and workers) will gain much greater access to free or subsidized menstrual products, reducing unmet menstrual needs and improving hygiene and dignity.
People who buy menstrual products will pay less overall because the bill exempts menstrual products from sales tax and expands free provision in workplaces, schools, colleges, and federal buildings, lowering out-of-pocket costs for purchasers.
Students (K–12 and higher education) — especially community college students, Pell recipients, and students at minority-serving institutions — will have improved access to menstrual products, which can reduce missed school days, improve attendance and retention, and promote equity on campuses.
Federal taxpayers and some state/local budgets face meaningful new costs (annual federal appropriations and program costs plus potential state Medicaid, school, correctional, and agency expenses), increasing federal/state spending burdens and raising trade‑off pressures with other priorities.
States, school districts, nonprofits, employers, and federal agencies will face new administrative and compliance burdens (reporting, certification, procurement, stakeholder consultations, program design and monitoring), increasing workload and implementation costs.
Coverage will be uneven: limited competitive grants, small appropriation pools, and employer-size thresholds mean many institutions, regions, and employees at smaller workplaces may be left without support, creating geographic and size-based disparities.