AB 1732, as introduced, Ting. Single-user restrooms.
Existing law requires a public agency, as defined, that serves the public or is open to the public and maintains toilet facilities to make those facilities available to the public free of charge. Existing law requires publicly and privately owned facilities where the public congregates, as defined, to maintain a sufficient number of temporary or permanent toilet facilities to meet the needs of the public at peak hours. Existing law also requires each business establishment to provide, within reasonable access, a sufficient number of toilet facilities for the use of the employees.
This bill would require any business or place of public accommodation to identify a toilet facility that has only one water closet as an all gender toilet facility. The bill would authorize health officers or inspectors to inspect for compliance with these provisions during any inspection.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Article 5 (commencing with Section 118600) is
2added to Chapter 2 of Part 15 of Division 104 of the Health and
3Safety Code, to read:
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(a) If a toilet facility located in any business or place
8of public accommodation has only one water closet, that facility
9shall be identified as an all gender toilet facility.
10(b) During any inspection of a business or a place of public
11accommodation by a health officer or inspector, the inspector may
12inspect for compliance with this section.
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