REFERENCE TITLE: public accommodation; restrooms; gender

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-fifth Legislature

First Regular Session

2021

 

 

HB 2743

 

Introduced by

Representatives Hernandez D: Longdon

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending Title 41, chapter 9, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 41-1445; relating to Public Accommodations.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 


Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 41, chapter 9, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-1445, to read:

START_STATUTE41-1445. Single-user restrooms; gender; definitions

A. Notwithstanding any other law, any single-user toilet facility in a public building or place of public accommodation shall be made available to use by persons of any gender and designated for use by not more than one occupant at a time or for family or assisted use. A single-user toilet facility may be identified by a sign, if the sign marks the facility as a restroom and does not indicate any specific gender.

B. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Public building" has the same meaning prescribed in section 41-1444.

2. "Single-user toilet facility" means a single-occupancy restroom with at least one water closet and with an outer door that can be locked by the occupant.  END_STATUTE