Good Samaritan Menstrual Products Act
Latest action · Nov 21, 2024 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 21, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 21, 2024 to Dec 19, 2024; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Nov 21, 2024 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | Nov 21, 2024 |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Original | Nov 21, 2024 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Nov 21, 2024 |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Original | Nov 21, 2024 |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Original | Nov 21, 2024 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Nov 21, 2024 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Nov 21, 2024 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Nov 21, 2024 |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Original | Nov 21, 2024 |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Original | Nov 21, 2024 |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Original | Nov 21, 2024 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Nov 21, 2024 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Dec 3, 2024 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Dec 4, 2024 | |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Dec 5, 2024 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Dec 5, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Dec 10, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Dec 19, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Nov 21, 2024 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2024Introduced in House
- Nov 21, 2024Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 173, November 21, 2024, page H6192.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To encourage the donation of menstrual products to nonprofit organizations for distribution, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Good Samaritan Menstrual Products Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2024Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
