SB 1377 Summary

• Adds "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" as protected classes in Arizona's employment, housing, and public accommodations discrimination laws.

• Requires public educational institutions to prohibit discrimination against students and parents based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or disability.

• Establishes that denial of access to sex-segregated facilities (restrooms, locker rooms) based on gender identity constitutes discrimination, while allowing single-occupancy facilities to remain gender-neutral and permitting private facilities for those who request them.

• Mandates public entities constructing or renovating restrooms to designate single-occupancy facilities as gender-neutral and include at least one accessible changing station capable of serving both babies and adults.

• Prohibits public and private entities receiving state monies from discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or disability in program operations.