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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the availability of menstrual products and lactation |
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rooms at public institutions of higher education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Sections 51.9185 and 51.9186 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.9185. AVAILABILITY OF MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS. (a) In |
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this section: |
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(1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 61.003. |
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(2) "Menstrual products" means tampons and sanitary |
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napkins for use in connection with the menstrual cycle. |
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(b) Each institution of higher education shall make |
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menstrual products available free of charge in each public women's |
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restroom and public all-gender restroom located on the |
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institution's campus, including in on-campus residence halls. |
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Sec. 51.9186. AVAILABILITY OF LACTATION ROOMS. (a) In this |
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section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned |
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by Section 61.003. |
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(b) Each institution of higher education shall make |
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available free of charge at convenient locations on the |
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institution's campus a sufficient number of lactation rooms for a |
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student or employee of the institution to: |
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(1) express breast milk; |
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(2) breast-feed an infant child; and |
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(3) address other needs related to breast-feeding. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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academic year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |