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IN SB0361
Bill
Status
2/3/2016
Primary Sponsor
Vaneta Becker
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AI Summary
SB 361 Summary
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Retail establishments with employee restrooms must allow customers to use them during normal business hours upon request if the customer has Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or uses an ostomy device and provides written medical certification.
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Access is permitted only when the restroom is reasonably safe, at least 3 employees are present, the restroom is not normally public, no obvious health/safety/security risks exist, and no public restroom is immediately accessible.
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Customers using employee restrooms are responsible for leaving the facility in the same condition as when they entered.
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Retail establishment owners, operators, and employees receive immunity from civil liability for acts or omissions related to allowing customer access, provided the act is not willful or grossly negligent and occurs in non-public areas.
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Legislation becomes effective July 1, 2016, and does not require physical modifications to existing employee restroom facilities.
Legislative Description
Access to employee restrooms. Provides that if a retail establishment has a restroom facility on its premises for the use of the retail establishment's employees, a customer, upon request, must be allowed to use the toilet facility during normal business hours if certain conditions are met. Specifies that a customer who uses the retail establishment's employee restroom facility is responsible for leaving the restroom facility in the same condition as when the customer entered the restroom facility. Provides immunity from civil liability for any act or omission in allowing the customer to use the employee toilet facility if all of
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development
2/9/2016