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ID H0190

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/10/2025

Primary Sponsor

Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires correctional facilities, domestic violence shelters, juvenile correctional centers, and state universities to designate all multi-occupancy restrooms, changing rooms, and sleeping quarters for exclusive use by either females or males based on biological sex

  • Prohibits individuals from entering restrooms, changing rooms, or sleeping quarters designated for the opposite sex, with exceptions for custodial work, medical assistance, law enforcement, emergencies, athletic coaching, and assisting family members or those with disabilities

  • State educational institutions must provide reasonable accommodations to students or employees unwilling or unable to use facilities designated for their sex upon written request, though accommodations cannot include access to opposite-sex facilities when opposite-sex individuals are present

  • Creates a private cause of action for individuals who encounter someone of the opposite sex in a designated restroom or changing room, or who are required to share sleeping quarters with the opposite sex, allowing them to seek declaratory and injunctive relief plus attorney's fees

  • Civil actions must be filed within 2 years of the violation; the act takes effect July 1, 2025 under an emergency declaration

Legislative Description

Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding safety and privacy in certain covered entities and to provide for remedies.

PROTECTING THE PRIVACY OF WOMEN

Last Action

Reported Printed and Referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration

2/11/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary, Rules and Administration2/11/2025

Full Bill Text

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