A state Senator wants to provide girls and women in Florida public schools access to tampons and sanitary pads free of charge.

Sen. Lauren Book on Friday filed the Learning with Dignity Act (SB 248,) which would apply to all public schools, K-12. If passed and signed into law it would take effect July 1, 2022.

Book's bill comes on the heels of the California Assembly passing the "Menstrual Equity for All Act of 2021" last week. The measure, Assembly Bill 367, recognizes that access to menstrual products is "a basic human right and is vital for ensuring the health, dignity, and full participation of all Californians in public life. "

The Parliament in Scotland last year passed a new law declaring access to menstrual products as a human right and requires all designated public places to provide menstrual products free of charge to anyone who needs them.

A 2019 study conducted by researchers at Saint Louis University's College for Public Health and Social Justice found that nearly two-thirds of the women surveyed couldn't afford period-related products and that 46% of them couldn't afford both food and menstrual hygiene products. Additionally, the study found 21% of the women surveyed lacked supplies on a monthly basis.