# Tennessee HB 0039: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 49 and Title 67, relative to the Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility Act.

Tennessee HB 0039, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 49 and Title 67, relative to the Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility Act., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2025-04-09 (Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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- As of: 2026-11-01
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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 0039
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 49 and Title 67, relative to the Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility Act.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2024-12-17
- Last action: 2025-04-09, Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 6
- Subjects: Local Education Agencies
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (23 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: John Gillespie (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: David B. Hawk (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Esther Helton-Haynes (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chris Hurt (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Renea Jones (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: White

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-11 | House | HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE | pass | 17 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-25 | House | HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 6 | 0 |   |

## Actions (18)

- 2025-04-09: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-19: Placed behind the budget (House)
- 2025-03-12: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/19/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-12: Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee (House)
- 2025-03-11: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-03-11: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (House)
- 2025-03-05: Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/11/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-04: Action def. in Education Committee to 3/11/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-04: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-02-26: Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/4/2025 (House)
- 2025-02-25: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee (House)
- 2025-02-19: Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 2/25/2025 (House)
- 2025-02-19: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-01-28: Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee (House)
- 2025-01-16: Ref. to Education Committee (House)
- 2025-01-15: P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees (House)
- 2025-01-14: Intro., P1C. (House)
- 2024-12-17: Filed for introduction (House)

## Bill text

- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB0039.pdf)
- HA0059: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0059.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0039.pdf)
- SA0129: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0129.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB0039.pdf)
- [HA0059 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0059.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0039.pdf)
- [SA0129 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0129.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0039-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).