feminine hygiene products; school; appropriation

SB1409 - feminine hygiene products; school; appropriation

Budget Education

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Denise “Mitzi” Epstein, Eva Diaz, Rosanna Gabaldón, Sally Ann Gonzales, Lauren Kuby, Catherine Miranda, Analise Ortiz, Mariana Sandoval
Last action: 2026-01-28
Official status: Senate second read
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Feminine Hygiene Products for Schools

This bill requires public middle and high schools to provide free feminine hygiene products in restrooms and allocates $2,500,000 from the state budget to help cover these costs.

What This Bill Does

Requires all public middle and high schools to make feminine hygiene products available for free in women's and gender-neutral bathrooms.
Defines 'feminine hygiene products' as including tampons and sanitary napkins.
Allocates $2,500,000 from the state budget to help schools buy these products.

Who It Names or Affects

Public middle and high school students
School districts and charter schools in Arizona

Terms To Know

feminine hygiene products: Items like tampons and sanitary napkins used by people with menstrual cycles.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how schools should distribute the funds or manage the supply of feminine hygiene products.
It is unclear if there are any provisions for monitoring compliance or enforcement of this requirement.

Bill History

2026-01-28 Senate
Senate second read
2026-01-27 Senate
Senate Rules: None
2026-01-27 Senate
Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology: None
2026-01-27 Senate
Senate Education: None
2026-01-27 Senate
Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1409 - feminine hygiene products; school; appropriation

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REFERENCE TITLE:
feminine hygiene products; school; appropriation

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1409

Introduced by

Senators
Epstein: Diaz, Gabald�n, Gonzales, Kuby, Miranda, Ortiz;� Representative
Sandoval

AN
ACT

amending title 15, chapter 1, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-120.08; appropriating
monies; relating to student health.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 15, chapter 1, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-120.08, to read:

START_STATUTE
15-120.08.

Feminine hygiene products; required provision by schools;
definition

A. Each school that is operated by a
school district or charter school and that serves students in any of grades six
through twelve shall make feminine hygiene products available in all women's
and gender-neutral restrooms in the school.� Notwithstanding any other law, a
school that provides feminine hygiene products pursuant to this section may not
charge a student or the family of a student for a feminine hygiene product.

B. For the purposes of this section,
"feminine hygiene products" includes tampons and sanitary napkins.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.
Appropriation;
department of education; feminine hygiene products

The sum of $2,500,000 is appropriated
from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the department of
education to distribute to school districts and charter schools to provide
feminine hygiene products as prescribed in section 15-120.08, Arizona
Revised Statutes, as added by this act.