When You Gotta Go: Time To Check Your Restroom Signs

North Carolina achieved notoriety with its “Bathroom Bill,” restricting restroom access on the basis of gender. California has countered with its own bill, AB 1732, the Equal Restroom Access Act, signed by Governor Brown in September 2016.

 

Single-occupancy restrooms once could be designated as being either for males or for females. The Equal Restroom Access Act, applying to single-occupancy restrooms in businesses, government buildings, and places of public accommodation, requires that they be available to everyone. The Act defines a single-user restroom as a “toilet facility with no more than one water closet and one urinal with a locking mechanism controlled by the user.” Assemblyman Phil Ting provided context in stating that “this bill sends a simple message that everyone’s rights must be respected and protected…restricting access to single use restrooms defies reason.”

 

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