Looks like the state of Louisiana is about to make tampons a tax exempt item

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A proposal to exempt feminine hygiene products and diapers from the state’s sales tax advanced to the full Senate Monday, clearing a committee hurdle that previously stopped the bill.

State Sen. JP Morrell, D-New Orleans, brought the legislation again in an effort to make products like tampons and diapers more affordable. The state already exempts from sales tax other essentials, Morrell noted, like prescription drugs.

“You cannot operate in society without diapers and without feminine hygiene products. It’s not possible,” he said. “For a poor family, $4 or $5 sends them to the diaper bank.”

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The Senate Finance Committee passed the bill, SB 4, on a 6-3 vote. The committee has previously rejected the legislation, which has a price tag of an estimated nearly $10 million in lost tax revenue, though Morrell conceded that may be an under-estimation.

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