LCO No. 2258 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6219 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 2258 Referred to Committee on EDUCATION Introduced by: REP. HUGHES, 135 th Dist. REP. ALLIE-BRENNAN, 2 nd Dist. (By Request) AN ACT CONCERNING SAFE BATHROOM FACILITIES AT SCHOOLS FOR GENDER NONCONFORMING STUDENTS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That chapter 170 of the general statutes be amended to require that 1 local and regional boards of education ensure that students in middle 2 school and high school have equal access to gender-neutral bathroom 3 facilities. 4 Statement of Purpose: To address the basic needs of gender nonconforming students by ensuring that they have access to safe bathroom facilities while in middle schools and high schools.