There are two efforts underway to make feminine hygiene products tax-free in Ohio.
Democratic State Representative Greta Johnson鈥檚 legislation would exempt tampons and sanitary pads from the list of taxable items in Ohio.
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The bill has two Democratic sponsors, but likely isn鈥檛 going anywhere in the Republican-dominated Ohio House. But there is a lawsuit in the Ohio Court of Claims that could make tampons and pads tax free鈥�.and require the state to repay $66 million in back taxes to women. A spokesman for Gov. John Kasich鈥檚 office says he cannot comment on that issue because it involves pending litigation.
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