People who want to pick mushrooms in state forests at the height of their menstrual cycles would be big winners under separate pieces of legislation awaiting interest, or neglect, in the General Assembly. One pending bill would allow free harvest rights for mushroom hunters, (photo by Getty Images) in state parks.http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5769&which_year=2015&SUBMIT1.x=8&SUBMIT1.y=7&SUBMIT1=Normal The other would add “feminine hygiene products”(photo by Getty Images) to the list of medical devices that would be exempt from the state’s 6.35-percent sales taxes. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2015/TOB/H/2015HB-05769-R00-HB.htm the General Assembly has until midnight June 3 to act. In a big-deficit year, the mushroom bill stands a better chance.
