Source: KQED
A number of bills to improve conditions for women’s rights are pending and waiting for approval by August 31, 2016.
Among them is a bill that would make tampons exempt from sales taxes to make a basic need for women available and more affordable; another bill would expand the legal definition of rape; another would require overtime pay for domestic workers. Another bill would prohibit employers from using salary history as a justification for inequality in pay for women.
With more women influencing the Capitol today, KQED writes, legislation will continue to highlight and support improve of women’s rights.
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