Diapers and Feminine Hygiene Products No Longer Taxed in Colorado
As inflation hikes up the costs of period-care products and diapers, rolling back sales tax on such items ease pressure on consumers’ budgets
Colorado enacted a law exempting diapers and feminine hygiene products from state sales tax starting next year. HB22-1055, also known as the Sales Tax Exemption Essential Hygiene Products Act, went into effect last Wednesday.
“From now on in Colorado, there will no longer be state sales tax on diapers and feminine hygiene products. This new bi-partisan law finally ends the sales tax on diapers and feminine hygiene products permanently and starts saving people money on these necessary products,” said Governor Polis in a news release.
As inflation hikes up the costs of period-care products and diapers, rolling back sales tax on such items ease pressure on consumers’ budgets.
“Eliminating the sale taxes on diapers, period, and incontinence products will help improve the affordability of these essential items in a time where inflated prices are hitting working families hard,” said said Rep. Susan Lontine D-Denver.
Lauren Y. Casteel, president and CEO of The Women’s Foundation of Colorado, praised the legislation: “Every Coloradan deserves to live with dignity. For far too many essential products like diapers, incontinence products, and period products are out of reach.”
“The passage of HB22-1055 which exempts sales tax for these essential products will allow for Colorado women and their families to go to work, child care, and school while saving their family money,” she concluded.
Colorado’s legislation also follows several states that have reduced or eliminated taxes on menstrual products to make them more accessible and combat period poverty.