HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1687
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to REstroom facilities.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Chapter 489, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part I to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§489-    Equal speed of access to toilets. (a) Any pair of separate-gender public restrooms or separate-gender toilet facilities of any public amusement facility constructed, renovated, or installed after January 1, 2021, shall have:

(1) Two exclusively female-use toilets for each exclusively male-use toilet; and

(2) Two exclusively female-use toilets for each exclusively male-use urinal;

provided that this section shall not apply to any restroom, groups of toilets, or portable toilet facilities intended to be used by more than one gender.

(b) For purposes of this section:

"Public amusement facility" means any zoo, theater, convention center, lecture hall, concert hall, sports arena, stadium, state park, county park, amusement or theme park, fairground, or carnival.

"Renovated" means any structural remodeling, improvement, or alteration of an existing restroom involving fifty per cent or more of the square footage of the restroom. "Renovated" shall not include:

(1) Reroofing;

(2) Cosmetic remodeling, including painting or the installation of wall covering, of paneling, of floor covering or of suspended ceilings; or

(3) Alteration to an electrical or mechanical system.

"Separate-gender toilet facilities" includes groups of portable toilets and other temporary toilet facilities intended to be used by a single gender and installed for an event and intended to be removed after the event."

SECTION 2. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.

SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Restrooms; Toilets; Gender Equity

Description:

Requires that restrooms and toilet facilities of public amusement facilities constructed, renovated, or installed after 1/1/21 have two female-use toilets for each male-use toilet or urinal.

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