BILL NUMBER: AB 1732	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 30, 2016

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  would   would, commencing March 1,
2017,  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.   all
single-user toilet facilities in any business establishment, place of
public accommodation, or government agency to be identified as
all-gender t   oilet facilities, as specified.  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


   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. 
    118600.    (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. 
   (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. 
   (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.  
   (d) This section shall become operative on March 1, 2017.