Advocates ask students to help propel period products bill
“Community advocates and lawmakers endorsing a bill placing period products in all Utah schools have turned to students to propel the cause through the legislative session and into school bathrooms.
The bill, HB162, requires all Utah schools to provide menstrual period products in certain restrooms in all school facilities, as well as inform students of the availability and accessibility of the products, and to incorporate those products into school operations and budgets.
The bill is championed by the Utah Policy Project as part of the student group’s ‘The Period Project’ campaign, and it is sponsored by Rep. Karianne Lisonbee, R-Clearfield. The Period Project is an effort to end ‘period poverty,’ which is a lack of access to menstrual products, education, hygiene facilities and waste management.”