SB 1486 Summary

• Adds "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" as protected classes across Arizona's civil rights laws covering employment, housing, and public accommodations.

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

• Requires single-occupancy restroom facilities in public buildings to be designated as gender-neutral, and mandates at least one multi-stall restroom accessible to any person regardless of gender with an adult-changing station.

• Extends nondiscrimination protections to all public or private entities receiving state monies, with the Attorney General's Office authorized to adopt enforcement regulations.

• Clarifies that denial of access to sex-segregated facilities (restrooms, locker rooms) based on a person's gender identity constitutes discrimination, while allowing entities to provide separate private facilities upon request.