Amended in Assembly March 30, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1732

Introduced by Assembly Member Ting

(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Chiu)

(Coauthor: Assembly Member Eggman)

(Coauthor: Senator Leno)

January 28, 2016

An act to add Article 5 (commencing with Section 118600) to Chapter 2 of Part 15 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to restrooms.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1732, as amended, 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 begin delete would end delete begin insert would, commencing March 1, 2017, end insert require begin delete any business or place of public accommodation to identify a toilet facility that has only one water closet as an all gender toilet facility. end delete begin insert all single-user toilet facilities in any business establishment, place of public accommodation, or government agency to be identified as all-gender toilet facilities, as specified. end insert 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:

SECTION 1.  

Article 5 (commencing with Section 118600) is
added to Chapter 2 of Part 15 of Division 104 of the Health and
Safety Code, to read:

 

Article 5.  Single-User Restrooms

 

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118600.  

(a) If a toilet facility located in any business or place
of public accommodation has only one water closet, that facility
shall be identified as an all gender toilet facility.

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begin insert 118600. end insert   

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(a) All single-user toilet facilities in any business
establishment, place of public accommodation, or state or local
government agency shall be identified as all-gender toilet facilities,
and designated for use by no more than one occupant at a time or
for family or assisted use.

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(b) During any inspection of a business or a place of public
accommodation by a health officer or inspector, the inspector may
inspect for compliance with this section.

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(c) For the purposes of this section, “single-user toilet facility”
means a toilet facility with no more than one water closet and one
urinal with a locking mechanism controlled by the user.

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(d) This section shall become operative on March 1, 2017.

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