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type: "Bill"
title: "MENSTRUAL PRODUCT-DONATIONS"
description: "Creates the Good Samaritan Menstrual Products Act. Prohibits a person, manufacturer, or distributor from being held liable for damages incurred resulting from any illness or disease contracted by the ultimate user or recipient of an apparently usable menstrual product due to the nature, age, condition, or packaging of the menstrual product that the person, manufacturer, or distributor donates in good faith to a nonprofit organization for ultimate distribution to an individual in need of such menstrual product. Prohibits a nonprofit organization from being held liable for damages incurred resulting from any illness or disease contracted by the ultimate user or recipient of an apparently usable menstrual product due to the condition of the menstrual product. Sets forth exceptions. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 4264"
citation: "Illinois HB 4264 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Hernández", "Meg Loughran Cappel"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-12-11"
last_action: "2024-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7666f6b-b69e-40b9-9036-f6ea8ce1fc05"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4264&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=151090&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "b419764adf3eb1a2eacc441b525d8fa46001966ad45049129127af19063a8ee2"
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-il"]
---
# Illinois HB 4264 (103rd) — MENSTRUAL PRODUCT-DONATIONS
Creates the Good Samaritan Menstrual Products Act. Prohibits a person, manufacturer, or distributor from being held liable for damages incurred resulting from any illness or disease contracted by the ultimate user or recipient of an apparently usable menstrual product due to the nature, age, condition, or packaging of the menstrual product that the person, manufacturer, or distributor donates in good faith to a nonprofit organization for ultimate distribution to an individual in need of such menstrual product. Prohibits a nonprofit organization from being held liable for damages incurred resulting from any illness or disease contracted by the ultimate user or recipient of an apparently usable menstrual product due to the condition of the menstrual product. Sets forth exceptions. Effective immediately.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4264.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4264eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4264ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4264enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1070** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **570** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **90** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **130** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Barbara Hernández — primary (person)
- Meg Loughran Cappel — primary (person)
- Diane Blair-Sherlock — cosponsor (person)
- Jenn Ladisch Douglass — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin John Olickal — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Weaver — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-12-11** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Hernández `filing`
- **2024-01-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-02-14** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Hernández `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
- **2024-03-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Civil Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-06** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-000-000
- **2024-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Travis Weaver
- **2024-03-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2024-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
- **2024-04-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jenn Ladisch Douglass
- **2024-04-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-04-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-18** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-04-18** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 30, 2024 `reading-1`
- **2024-04-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
- **2024-04-24** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
- **2024-04-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-24** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000
- **2024-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2024
- **2024-05-09** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- **2024-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-19** Effective Date July 19, 2024
- **2024-07-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0668 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7666f6b-b69e-40b9-9036-f6ea8ce1fc05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).