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AZ HB2314

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/20/2022

Primary Sponsor

John Kavanagh

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-fifth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2022)

AI Summary

  • Requires public schools to provide reasonable accommodations to any person who requests in writing and is unwilling or unable to use multi-occupancy restrooms, changing facilities, or sleeping quarters designated for their sex.

  • Reasonable accommodations include access to single-occupancy restrooms or changing facilities, or use of employee restrooms or changing facilities, but exclude access to opposite-sex facilities while opposite-sex persons are present.

  • Creates a private cause of action for persons denied reasonable accommodation requests unless the school demonstrates undue hardship, with a two-year statute of limitations and recoverable damages including attorney fees and costs.

  • Creates a private cause of action for persons encountering opposite-sex individuals in sex-designated facilities or required to share sleeping quarters with opposite-sex persons (unless family members) if the school permitted such use.

  • Defines "sex" as immutable biological sex determined by anatomy and genetics at birth, with government-issued identification or original birth certificate as evidence.

Legislative Description

Public schools; restrooms; reasonable accommodations

Public Schools

Last Action

House ED Committee action: Held, voting: (0-0-0-0-0-0)

2/15/2022

Committee Referrals

Rules1/20/2022
Education1/20/2022

Full Bill Text

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