Periods with Dignity – Updates/Emails from Maureen White, Task Force Chair – most recent first (as of March 12, 2025, 6:00 p.m.)
March 3, 2025 8:30 p.m.
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A House Education Committee subcommittee met on March 3 to discuss HF 543, which requires public school districts to provide period products (pads and tampons) in at least half the school bathrooms and includes a provision for an appropriation (July 1, 2025 thru June 30, 2028) for the districts to receive reimbursement from the Department of Education for the actual cost of the products.
All three subcommittee members agreed to recommend the bill be approved.
Next it goes to the House Education Committee. We need you to email the committee members, especially the Republicans, asking them to vote YES on HF 543. The first funnel date is March 7. If the bill is not passed by the committee by then, it is likely considered “dead” for this legislative session.
So email now since we don’t know when the Education Committee will vote on it.
The links in this list don’t work–you’ll need to type the email addresses or copy and paste the email address provided.
House Education Committee 7 Ds & 16 Rs
• Skyler Wheeler (R, District 4), Chair skyler.wheeler@legis.iowa.gov
• Samantha Fett (R, District 22), Vice Chair samantha.fett@legis.iowa.gov
• Heather Matson (D, District 42), Ranking Member heather.matson@legis.iowa.gov
• Chad Behn (R, District 48). chad.behn@legis.iowa.gov
• Brooke Boden (R, District 21). brooke.boden@legis.iowa.gov
• Dr. Steven P. Bradley (R, District 66). steven.bradley@legis.iowa.gov
• Tracy A. Ehlert (D, District 79) tracy.ehlert@legis.iowa.gov
• Dan Gehlbach (R, District 46) dan.gehlbach@legis.iowa.gov
• Eric J. Gjerde (D, District 74) eric.gjerde@legis.iowa.gov
• Helena Hayes (R, District 88) helena.hayes@legis.iowa.gov
• Bob Henderson (R, District 2) robert.henderson@legis.iowa.gov
• Heather Hora (R, District 92) heather.hora@legis.iowa.gov
• Chad Ingels (R, District 68) chad.ingels@legis.iowa.gov
• Craig P. Johnson (R, District 67) craig.johnson@legis.iowa.gov
• Barb Kniff McCulla (R, District 37) barb.kniffmculla@legis.iowa.gov
• Monica Kurth (D, District 98) monica.kurth@legis.iowa.gov
• Elinor A. Levin (D, District 89) elinor.levin@legis.iowa.gov
• Mary Lee Madison (D, District 31) mary.madison@legis.iowa.gov
• Thomas Jay Moore (R, District 18) tom.moore@legis.iowa.gov
• Jeff Shipley (R, District 87) jeff.shipley@legis.iowa.gov
• Henry Stone (R, District 9) henry.stone@legis.iowa.gov
• Ryan Weldon (R, District 41) ryan.weldon@legis.iowa.gov
• Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D, District 49) beth.wessel-kroeschell@legis.iowa.gov