Dear John,
We're so proud of the work female legislators are doing in the General Assembly to make North Carolina a better place to be a woman.
In order to highlight these incredible legislators and the work they are doing, Lillian's List has launched a new series called #WomanCrushWednesday. This week our #WomanCrush is Representative Julie von Haefen!
FAST FACTS
Name: Julie von Haefen
District: 36 (Wake County)
In office since: 2019
Key Committees: Appropriations, Appropriations General Government, State Government, Local Government, and Homeland Security/Military/Veterans Affairs
Previous career: Attorney
FEATURED BILL: HYGIENE PRODUCT SALES TAX EXEMPTION
More than one in five women cannot afford [[link removed]] menstrual hygiene products each month, and a quarter of teenage girls skip school [[link removed]] because of a lack of access to them, according to two recent studies.
That's why Representative von Haefen, along with colleagues Reps. Dahle, Butler, and Belk and Sens. Marcus, Murdock, and Mayfield introduced the Hygiene Product Sales Tax Exemption [[link removed]] bill to the General Assembly this April.
The bill would stop classifying menstrual hygiene products, like tampons and sanitary pads, as "luxury goods," thereby exempting them from a sales tax [[link removed]] which can range from 4.75 to 7.5 percent statewide. It would save people with periods in North Carolina a total of $8 million a year [[link removed]].
Ending the "tampon tax" would have a negligible effect on the state's budget (it accounts for less than 0.01% [[link removed]] of total revenue) but would be instrumental in ending period poverty for North Carolinians.
In solidarity,
Pia Nargundkar
Communications Director
Help us train the next generation of advocates like Rep. von Haefen!
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