---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Schools and Shelters - Homeless Girls and Women - Feminine Hygiene Products"
description: "Public Schools and Shelters - Homeless Girls and Women - Feminine Hygiene Products"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 625"
citation: "Maryland SB 625 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Primary and Secondary Education", "Social Services - Generally", "Community Facilities and Services", "Counties", "Education", "Boards of", "Health", "Housing and Community Development", "Department of", "Human Resources", "Department of", "Indigent Persons", "Public Schools", "Students", "Women"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/424821c7-cb80-4d9e-8999-55293b1e03d7"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=SB625&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2017rs"
source_hash: "a79ac033e00d5653b7642fa20486b08c2e883e40a384e42d82c759f2967b80e6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland SB 625 (2017) — Public Schools and Shelters - Homeless Girls and Women - Feminine Hygiene Products

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0625f.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **136–1** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Benson — primary (person)
- Currie — cosponsor (person)
- Madaleno — cosponsor (person)
- Pinsky — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-03** First Reading Finance and Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m. (Finance)
- **2017-03-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-13** Favorable with Amendments {817972/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-13** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading Passed (47-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-15** First Reading Ways and Means and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m. (Ways and Means)
- **2017-04-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Favorable with Amendments {835865/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2017-04-07** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (136-1) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Senate Concur - House Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Third Reading Passed (46-0) `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2017-05-25** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 642 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/424821c7-cb80-4d9e-8999-55293b1e03d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).