---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Schools - Provision of Menstrual Hygiene Products - Requirement"
description: "Public Schools - Provision of Menstrual Hygiene Products - Requirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 427"
citation: "Maryland SB 427 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elfreth", "West"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9381418-4ce7-4b1b-acc3-258d68e85620"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0427?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "73644ad79b915aadb4e3d1a095edffd50e53459b4deecc4bcddbc8bb79bb8023"
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 427 (2021) — Public Schools - Provision of Menstrual Hygiene Products - Requirement

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Schools - Provision of Menstrual Hygiene Products - Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_706_sb0427e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Schools - Provision of Menstrual Hygiene Products - Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0427e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Schools - Provision of Menstrual Hygiene Products - Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0427f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Schools - Provision of Menstrual Hygiene Products - Requirement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0427t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **104–31** (pass) · lower
- On third reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Elfreth — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Hearing 2/11 at 11:00 a.m.
- **2021-03-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-05** Referred Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Hearing 3/24 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-09** Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Passed Enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 706 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9381418-4ce7-4b1b-acc3-258d68e85620`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).