- State Sen. Cassie Chambers Armstrong, D-Louisville, has proposed a bill to make infant and adult diapers tax-exempt in Kentucky.
- Families in Kentucky can spend up to $2,000 a year on diapers.
- Currently, 18 other states and Washington D.C. have already made diapers sales tax-exempt.
- The bill is estimated to decrease the general fund by $6.1 million.
- Kentucky’s only diaper bank, the Saint Bernadette Diaper Bank, supports the proposed exemption.
- The diaper bank supports 30 organizations in Jefferson County and distributes thousands of diapers each month.
- If the tax is eliminated, families could purchase over 200 diapers with the savings.
- The demand for diaper bank services has increased since the pandemic.
- The diaper bank is only able to help in Jefferson County, but all areas of the state could use their help.
- The diaper bank will host a Stuff the Truck event on Wednesday to collect donations of new diapers.
Source: spectrumnews1.com
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