---
type: "Bill"
title: "Menstrual Hygiene Products in Public Schools"
description: "Menstrual Hygiene Products in Public Schools; Authorizing school districts to make menstrual hygiene products available, at no charge, in schools within the district and at certain locations within such schools; specifying requirements for the menstrual hygiene products and the dispensers of such products; requiring participating schools to notify students of the availability and locations of such products; encouraging school districts to partner with specified organizations to supply and maintain such menstrual hygiene products, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 389"
citation: "Florida HB 389 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-100"
primary_sponsors: ["Skidmore"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d36d53d-3eab-4cbf-8274-8d313b16acc1"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/389/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a7429740eee6bea2567792499d7cd5c832f327346ae7a1e05e1193e3e4877c2f"
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-fl"]
---

# Florida HB 389 (2023) — Menstrual Hygiene Products in Public Schools

Menstrual Hygiene Products in Public Schools; Authorizing school districts to make menstrual hygiene products available, at no charge, in schools within the district and at certain locations within such schools; specifying requirements for the menstrual hygiene products and the dispensers of such products; requiring participating schools to notify students of the availability and locations of such products; encouraging school districts to partner with specified organizations to supply and maintain such menstrual hygiene products, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-100.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 389 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/389/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 389 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/389/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 389 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/389/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 389 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/389/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Education & Employment Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Education Quality Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Education Quality Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Skidmore — primary (person)
- Arrington — cosponsor (person)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)
- Bracy Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Casello — cosponsor (person)
- Dunkley — cosponsor (person)
- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hart — cosponsor (person)
- Hinson — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Nixon — cosponsor (person)
- Plakon — cosponsor (person)
- Rayner-Goolsby — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson, F. — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Silvers — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
- Waldron — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Woodson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Education Quality Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Now in Education Quality Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** PCS added to Education Quality Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-29** Favorable with CS by Education Quality Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Reported out of Education Quality Subcommittee
- **2023-03-30** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-30** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-31** Original reference removed: PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-31** Referred to Education & Employment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Now in Education & Employment Committee
- **2023-03-31** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-07** Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda
- **2023-04-11** Favorable by Education & Employment Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Reported out of Education & Employment Committee
- **2023-04-11** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-04-11** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-20** In Messages
- **2023-04-21** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/04/23
- **2023-05-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-04** Amendment(s) adopted (427820)
- **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-04** In Messages
- **2023-05-04** Added to Senate Message List
- **2023-05-04** Amendment 427820 Concur
- **2023-05-04** CS passed as amended; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Chapter No. 2023-100

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d36d53d-3eab-4cbf-8274-8d313b16acc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).