HB308 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Rolanda HollisRepresentative

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

County jails and state penitentiaries, prisoners, sheriff and Dept. of Corrections, required to provide feminine hygiene products to female inmates under certain conditions, Secs. 14-3-44, 14-6-19 am'd.

Summary

The bill requires Alabama county jails and the state Department of Corrections to provide feminine hygiene products to female inmates upon request, at the governing agency's expense.

What This Bill Does

It adds a requirement that the Department of Corrections must provide feminine hygiene products to female prisoners who cannot provide them for themselves, as soon as practicable after a request, and at the department's expense. It also requires sheriffs or jailers in counties to provide feminine hygiene products to female prisoners in their custody, as soon as practicable after request, and at county expense. It defines feminine hygiene products as sanitary napkins and tampons and amends Sections 14-3-44 and 14-6-19; the act takes effect immediately after the governor approves it.

Who It Affects

• Female prisoners in state penitentiaries and county jails who need feminine hygiene products and may not supply them themselves.
• Sheriffs, jailers, the Department of Corrections, and county governments responsible for funding the provision of these products.

Key Provisions

• Feminine hygiene products defined as sanitary napkins and tampons.
• Department of Corrections must provide such products to female prisoners unable to provide them, upon request, at the department's expense, as soon as practicable.
• Sheriff or jailer must provide such products to female prisoners upon request, at county expense, as soon as practicable.
• Amends Alabama Code Sections 14-3-44 and 14-6-19.
• Effective immediately after governor's approval.

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Subjects

Jails