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A bathroom bill is the common name for legislation or a statute that denies access to public toilets by gender or transgender identity. Bathroom bills affect access to sex-segregated public facilities for an individual based on a determination of their sex as defined in some specific way, such as their sex as assigned at birth, their sex as listed on their birth certificate, or the sex that ...
The Facility Requirements Based on Sex Act, also known as Committee Substitute for House Bill 1521 (CS/HB 1521), is a 2023 Florida anti-trans bathroom law which mandates that individuals must use restrooms, locker rooms, and changing facilities that correspond to their sex assigned at birth in some public, private and state-licensed facilities.
On November 18, 2024, Mace introduced a resolution to ban transgender people from using bathrooms other than those of their sex assigned at birth at the U.S. Capitol, in anticipation of the swearing in of Sarah McBride, who is the first trans person elected to Congress.
RULE CONTRADICTS BATHROOM LAWS. At least 11 states have adopted laws barring transgender girls and women from using girls' and women's bathrooms at public schools.
The new legislation expands a decade-old law that requires K-12 schools to allow students to use the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity.
The first restroom for congresswomen in the United States Capitol was opened in 1962. [6] Facilities for female U.S. senators on the Senate Chamber level were first provided in 1992. [7] In 2011 the U.S. House of Representatives got its first women’s bathroom near the chamber (Room H-211 of the U.S. Capitol).
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed legislation banning transgender students from using restrooms that align with their gender identity.
US states with Restroom Access Acts. The Restroom Access Act, also known as Ally's Law, is legislation passed by several U.S. states that requires retail establishments that have toilet facilities for their employees to also allow customers to use the facilities if the customer has a medical condition requiring immediate access to a toilet, such as inflammatory bowel disease or Crohn’s disease.