Sales Tax Exemption for Period Products (HB 1042/SB 173)

  • Status: Failed
  • Position: Support
  • Bill Number: HB 1042, SB 173
  • Session: 2025
  • Latest Update: January 22, 2025
Support

These bills provide that period products are exempt from the state gross retail tax. Menstrual products are a necessity, not a luxury. To ensure that poverty and sexism do not impede people’s ability to participate fully in society, menstrual equity is a must.

HB 1042: Sales tax exemption for certain hygiene products
SB 173: Sales tax exemption for menstrual discharge collection devices

Authors:
Sen. Shelli Yoder, Rep. Mark Genda

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