Bill Commons

KY HB 40

died on adjournment

AN ACT relating to providing free feminine hygiene products to elementary and secondary students.

Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did KY HB 40 pass?

No. KY HB 40 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-01-14): to Primary and Secondary Education (H)

What is KY HB 40 about?

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define "feminine hygiene product"; require each public school and public charter school that includes any of grades 4 through 12 to provide free feminine hygiene products to female students; require each local board of education and public charter school board of directors to adopt policies relating to the distribution of free feminine hygiene products.

Who sponsors KY HB 40?

B. Chester-Burton, L. Burke, G. Brown Jr. and 1 others are the primary sponsors of KY HB 40.

Description

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define "feminine hygiene product"; require each public school and public charter school that includes any of grades 4 through 12 to provide free feminine hygiene products to female students; require each local board of education and public charter school board of directors to adopt policies relating to the distribution of free feminine hygiene products.

Introduced
2026-01-07
Latest action
2026-01-14 — to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • B. Chester-Burtonprimary
  • L. Burkeprimary
  • G. Brown Jr.primary
  • M. Lehmanprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-14

    to Primary and Secondary Education (H)

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    to Committee on Committees (H)

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-07

    introduced in House

    introduction

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Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb40.html

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