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H510 • 2025

Menstrual Equity for All Act.

Menstrual Equity for All Act.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
von Haefen, Dahle, Belk, G. Brown, Ager, Baker, Ball, K. Brown, Budd, Butler, Clark, Greenfield, Harrison, Hawkins, Johnson-Hostler, Logan, Morey, R. Pierce, Prather, Price, Roberson, Rubin, Turner
Last action
2025-03-26
Official status
Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Effective date
2025-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Menstrual Equity for All Act.

Menstrual Equity for All Act.

What This Bill Does

  • Menstrual Equity for All Act.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-03-26 House

    Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  2. 2025-03-26 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2025-03-25 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Menstrual Equity for All Act.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 510

Short Title: Menstrual Equity for All Act. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives von Haefen, Dahle, Belk, and G. Brown (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
March 26, 2025
*H510-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO ENACT THE MENSTRUAL EQUITY FOR ALL ACT. 2
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 3
SECTION 1. G.S. 105-164.3 is amended by adding two new subdivisions to read: 4
"(88) Feminine hygiene products. – Tampons, panty liners, menstrual cups, sanitary 5
napkins, and other similar tangible personal property designed for feminine 6
hygiene in connection with the human menstrual cycle but does not include 7
"grooming and hygiene products." 8
… 9
(94) Grooming and hygiene products. – Soaps and cleaning solutions, shampoo, 10
toothpaste, mouthwash, antiperspirants, and sun tan lotions and screens, 11
regardless of whether the items meet the definition of "over-the-counter 12
drugs."" 13
SECTION 2. G.S. 105-164.13 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read: 14
"(76) Feminine hygiene products." 15
SECTION 3. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 16
Public Instruction the recurring sum of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) for each 17
year of the 2025 -2027 fiscal biennium to be used for the Feminine Hygiene Products Grant 18
Program established pursuant to G.S. 115C-377. 19
SECTION 4. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025. Sections 1 and 2 of this act 20
apply to sales made on or after that date. 21