---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regards inmates' access to feminine hygiene products and showers"
description: "To enact sections 341.261, 753.321, and 5120.631 of the Revised Code regarding inmates' access to feminine hygiene products and showers by municipal and county correctional facilities and state correctional institutions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "136"
identifier: "HB 29"
citation: "Ohio HB 29 (136)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime and Punishment", "Crimes", "Corrections", "and Law Enforcement", "Health Care", "Health and Human Services", "Prisons and Jails"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Latyna M. Humphrey", "Marilyn John"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a297b30-90de-46c5-8671-5eb6449f4fd0"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb29/"
source_hash: "8206ff840420183f2bde8fc21024492021a8fec60a0009e745af038cc389d94c"
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-oh"]
---

# Ohio HB 29 (136) — Regards inmates' access to feminine hygiene products and showers

To enact sections 341.261, 753.321, and 5120.631 of the Revised Code regarding inmates' access to feminine hygiene products and showers by municipal and county correctional facilities and state correctional institutions.

## Version chain

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

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb29/00_IN/pdf/)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb29/03_PH/pdf/)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb29/05_PS/pdf/)
4. **As Reported by the House General Government Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb29/01_RH/pdf/)
5. **As Reported by the House Government Oversight Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb29/02_RH/pdf/)
6. **As Reported by the Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb29/04_RS/pdf/)
7. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb29/06_EN/pdf/)

## Votes

- Reported — **13–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported — **6–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Latyna M. Humphrey — primary (person)
- Marilyn John — primary (person)
- Andrea White — cosponsor (person)
- Anita Somani — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Piccolantonio — cosponsor (person)
- C. Allison Russo — cosponsor (person)
- Crystal Lett — cosponsor (person)
- Darnell T. Brewer — cosponsor (person)
- Derrick Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Desiree Tims — cosponsor (person)
- Dontavius L. Jarrells — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Synenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Erika White — cosponsor (person)
- Ismail Mohamed — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gross — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph A. Miller, III — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Juanita O. Brent — cosponsor (person)
- Kellie Deeter — cosponsor (person)
- Lauren McNally — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Sigrist — cosponsor (person)
- Meredith R. Lawson-Rowe — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Grim — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip M. Robinson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel B. Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Sean P. Brennan — cosponsor (person)
- Sedrick Denson — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon A. Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Terrence Upchurch — cosponsor (person)
- Tristan Rader — cosponsor (person)
- Veronica R. Sims — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported
- **2025-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported
- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** Sent To The Governor `passage`
- **2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Signed By The Governor `became-law`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Effective `became-law`
- **2026-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 3/20/26 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a297b30-90de-46c5-8671-5eb6449f4fd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).