GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2025

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HOUSE BILL 510

Short Title:      Menstrual Equity for All Act.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives von Haefen, Dahle, Belk, and G. Brown (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to:	Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

March 26, 2025

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to enact the menstrual equity for all act.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 105‑164.3 is amended by adding two new subdivisions to read:

"(88) Feminine hygiene products. – Tampons, panty liners, menstrual cups, sanitary napkins, and other similar tangible personal property designed for feminine hygiene in connection with the human menstrual cycle but does not include "grooming and hygiene products."

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(94) Grooming and hygiene products. – Soaps and cleaning solutions, shampoo, toothpaste, mouthwash, antiperspirants, and sun tan lotions and screens, regardless of whether the items meet the definition of "over‑the‑counter drugs.""

SECTION 2.  G.S. 105‑164.13 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:

"(76) Feminine hygiene products."

SECTION 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the recurring sum of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) for each year of the 2025‑2027 fiscal biennium to be used for the Feminine Hygiene Products Grant Program established pursuant to G.S. 115C‑377.

SECTION 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2025. Sections 1 and 2 of this act apply to sales made on or after that date.