republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-405.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Menstrual supplies; school boards shall make available in each school building.	Menstrual supplies; availability; public elementary, middle, and high schools. Requires each school board to make tampons or pads available, at all times and at no cost to students, (i) in such accessible locations as it deems appropriate in each elementary school in the local school division and (ii) in the bathrooms of each middle school and high school in the local school division. This bill is identical to SB 232.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 405	Virginia HB 405 (2020)	bill		enacted	Mark L. Keam	6	45	10	2020-01-02	2020-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/1acce97f-531d-487d-8230-d5ec34fb0087	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB405	72e7e6febc07bdb43fcb60bc578b0c7c7570d30af2bbf7d998c84e5fdfcc8060	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 405 (2020) — Menstrual supplies; school boards shall make available in each school building.

Menstrual supplies; availability; public elementary, middle, and high schools. Requires each school board to make tampons or pads available, at all times and at no cost to students, (i) in such accessible locations as it deems appropriate in each elementary school in the local school division and (ii) in the bathrooms of each middle school and high school in the local school division. This bill is identical to SB 232.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0675) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB405ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House as amended HB405E (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB405S1 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB405H1 (committee substitute) — source
6. Impact statement from DPB (HB405) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (0-Y 100-N) — 0–99 (fail) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Agree To (60-Y 33-N) — 59–33 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education with amendment (16-Y 5-N) — 16–5 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (3-Y 2-N) — 3–2 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (60-Y 39-N) — 59–39 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• Senate insisted on substitute (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mark L. Keam — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103918D introduction
• 2020-01-02 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2020-01-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB405)
• 2020-01-15 Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12 referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (3-Y 2-N)
• 2020-01-29 Reported from Education with amendment (16-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-03 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-02-03 Engrossed by House as amended HB405E
• 2020-02-03 Printed as engrossed 20103918D-E
• 2020-02-04 Read third time and passed House (60-Y 39-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-04 VOTE: Passage (60-Y 39-N)
• 2020-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-05 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2020-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB405E)
• 2020-02-13 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2020-02-13 Committee substitute printed 20108158D-S1 substitution
• 2020-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-17 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-17 Committee substitute agreed to 20108158D-S1
• 2020-02-17 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB405S1
• 2020-02-17 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 1-N) passage
• 2020-02-19 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-19 Senate substitute rejected by House 20108158D-S1 (0-Y 100-N)
• 2020-02-19 VOTE: Adoption (0-Y 100-N)
• 2020-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB405S1)
• 2020-02-21 Senate insisted on substitute (36-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-21 Senate requested conference committee
• 2020-02-24 House acceded to request
• 2020-02-24 Conferees appointed by House
• 2020-02-25 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2020-03-03 Amended by conference committee
• 2020-03-03 Conference substitute printed 20109320D-H1
• 2020-03-04 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-04 Conference report agreed to by House (60-Y 33-N)
• 2020-03-04 VOTE: Agree To (60-Y 33-N)
• 2020-03-07 Enrolled
• 2020-03-07 Signed by President
• 2020-03-08 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB405ER)
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 675 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1acce97f-531d-487d-8230-d5ec34fb0087. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).