---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes program in DOE to reimburse school districts for providing menstrual products in certain public schools and requires State to pay costs.*"
description: "Establishes program in DOE to reimburse school districts for providing menstrual products in certain public schools and requires State to pay costs.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 1221"
citation: "New Jersey S 1221 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ED HEALTH", "SCH BOARDS", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gopal, Vin", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Mosquera, Gabriela M.", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-08-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f44098d8-d2a6-4f12-8386-99e9edd51c87"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "11dc8b3c47d413061b4d07b22819b61cea509cd68cb36cf77145d2d9bd102253"
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-nj"]
---

# New Jersey S 1221 (220) — Establishes program in DOE to reimburse school districts for providing menstrual products in certain public schools and requires State to pay costs.*

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1500/1221_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AWC 5/11/23 3R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1500/1221_R3.HTM)
3. **Reprint SBA 12/5/22 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1500/1221_R2.HTM)
4. **Reprint SED 6/2/22 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1500/1221_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Bergen, Brian — cosponsor (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham, Sandra B. — cosponsor (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
- Jaffer, Sadaf F. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Matsikoudis, Michele — cosponsor (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2023-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A1349 (1R)
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (35-1) `passage`
- **2023-08-23T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.147. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f44098d8-d2a6-4f12-8386-99e9edd51c87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).