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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF FREE FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS."
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description: "This bill requires all public and charter schools which have students in grades 6-12 to provide free feminine hygiene products in 50% of the bathrooms used by students who can have a menstrual cycle. This bill also requires schools to publish on its website and post in its common areas the locations of the bathrooms where the hygiene products are provided. Finally, this bill provides that each school must consult with its school nurse regarding the products to be provided."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "151"
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identifier: "HB 20"
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citation: "Delaware HB 20 (151)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Debra Heffernan", "Kyle Evans Gay", "Larry Lambert", "Nicole Poore", "S. Elizabeth Lockman", "Sherae'a Moore", "Valerie Longhurst"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-12-04"
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last_action: "2021-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03965dd2-b157-49f1-8419-803b5b9eaada"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=48200"
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source_hash: "f18def92e32960e02f5d313b6b6efcfd9ee821cf8529630271a8bcf2ad434857"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 20 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF FREE FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS.
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This bill requires all public and charter schools which have students in grades 6-12 to provide free feminine hygiene products in 50% of the bathrooms used by students who can have a menstrual cycle. This bill also requires schools to publish on its website and post in its common areas the locations of the bathrooms where the hygiene products are provided. Finally, this bill provides that each school must consult with its school nurse regarding the products to be provided.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=48200&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB20)
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2. **HA 1 to HB 20** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GeneratePdfDocument?legislationId=48459&legislationTypeId=5&docTypeId=2)
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## Votes
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- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Debra Heffernan — primary (person)
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- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)
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- Larry Lambert — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- S. Elizabeth Lockman — primary (person)
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- Sherae'a Moore — primary (person)
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- Valerie Longhurst — primary (person)
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- Bryan Townsend — cosponsor (person)
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- David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
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- Edward S. Osienski — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Franklin D. Cooke — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerald L. Brady — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Kowalko — cosponsor (person)
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- John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
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- Kendra Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Krista Griffith — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura V. Sturgeon — cosponsor (person)
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- Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
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- Melissa Minor-Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah McBride — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie L. Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-12-04** Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-21** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 9 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2021-03-15** Amendment HA 1 to HB 20 - Introduced and Placed With Bill `amendment-introduction`
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- **2021-03-18** Amendment HA 1 to HB 20 - Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-03-18** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2021-03-18** Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-24** Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-24** Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-25** Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 Favorable `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2021-04-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03965dd2-b157-49f1-8419-803b5b9eaada`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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