FL H1521

Requires covered entities (correctional institutions, detention facilities, educational institutions, juvenile facilities, and public buildings) to maintain sex-separated restrooms and changing facilities designated for exclusive use by females or males, or alternatively provide unisex single-occupancy facilities with floor-to-ceiling walls and secure locks.

Defines "sex" as biological sex at birth based on reproductive role, chromosomes, hormones, and genitalia, and restricts entry into opposite-sex restrooms or changing facilities except for specific purposes such as assisting a child under 12, an elderly or disabled person, emergencies, law enforcement, or maintenance when the facility is unoccupied.

Persons who willfully enter an opposite-sex restroom or changing facility and refuse to depart when asked commit the criminal offense of trespass under s. 810.08; students, prisoners, juveniles, and employees are instead subject to internal disciplinary procedures established by their respective institutions.

Covered entities established before July 1, 2023 must submit compliance documentation to their respective oversight bodies (Department of Corrections, State Board of Education, Board of Governors, Department of Juvenile Justice, or local governing body) no later than April 1, 2024.

Beginning July 1, 2024, the Attorney General may bring civil enforcement actions against noncompliant covered entities, seeking injunctive relief and fines of up to $10,000 for willful violations, with collected fines deposited into the General Revenue Fund.