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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 533
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 4976
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT CONCERNING AC CESS TO DIAPER CHANGING STAT IONS
IN PUBLIC AND COMMER CIAL BUILDINGS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) The State Building Inspector 1
and the Codes and Standards Committee shall revise the State 2
Building Code to require that each newly constructed or substantially 3
renovated public or commercial building that includes at least one 4
restroom that is open to the public provide on each floor level that is 5
open to the public (1) at least one safe, sanitary and convenient baby 6
diaper changing table that is accessible to women, and (2) at least one 7
safe, sanitary and convenient baby diaper changing table that is 8
accessible to men. 9
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
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Statement of Purpose:
To amend the State Building Code to require diaper changing tables
that are accessible to women and men in all newly constructed or
substantially renovated public or commercial buildings that include at
least one restroom open to the public.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.; SEN. DUFF, 25th Dist.
SEN. FONFARA, 1st Dist.; SEN. MCCRORY, 2nd Dist.
SEN. LESSER, 9th Dist.; SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist.
SEN. COHEN, 12th Dist.; SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.
SEN. MOORE, 22nd Dist.; SEN. BRADLEY, 23rd Dist.
SEN. KUSHNER, 24th Dist.; SEN. HASKELL, 26th Dist.
SEN. FLEXER, 29th Dist.; SEN. NEEDLEMAN, 33rd Dist.
SEN. BERGSTEIN, 36th Dist.; REP. ELLIOTT, 88th Dist.
S.B. 533