WEST virginia legislature

2025 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 2839

By Delegates Pritt, Dittman, Young, Adkins, Moore, Drennan, Ferrell, Hamilton, Crouse, Petitto, and Rohrbach

[Introduced; Introduced February 24, 2025; referred to the Committee on Education then Finance]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-5-52, relating to providing free feminine hygiene products to female students in public schools.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 5. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

§18-5-52.  Free feminine hygiene products for female students.

County boards of education in this state shall provide female students free access to feminine hygiene products in all public elementary, middle, and high schools to be paid for using existing appropriations for hygiene products.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide free feminine hygiene products to female students in public schools.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.