California Assembly Bill 1632
Session 20212022
Restroom access: medical conditions.
Became Law
Became Law on Sep 30, 2022
Origin Chamber
Assembly
Type
Bill
Bill Number
1632
State
California
Session
20212022
Motion Text
AB 1632 Akilah Weber Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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Summary
Existing law sets forth various requirements for providing restroom access in the workplace, place of public accommodation, or elsewhere, under specified circumstances, including, among others, provisions relating to employees, disabled travelers, baby diaper changing stations, and all-gender toilet facilities.
This bill would, if certain conditions are met, require a place of business that is open to the general public for the sale of goods and that has a toilet facility for its employees to allow any individual who is lawfully on the premises of that place of business to use that toilet facility during normal business hours, even if the place of business does not normally make the employee toilet facility available to the general public. A willful or grossly negligent violation of this requirement would be subject to a civil penalty, not exceeding $100 per violation, without creating or implying a private right of action, and without applying to an employee. Under the bill, an employee would not be subject to discharge or any other disciplinary action by their employer for a violation of this requirement, unless the employee's action is contrary to an expressed policy developed by their employer pursuant to these provisions.
Under the bill, conditions for the above requirement would include, among others, that the individual has an eligible medical condition or uses an ostomy device, that a public restroom is not immediately accessible to the individual, and that providing access would not create an obvious health or safety risk to the individual or obvious security risk to the place of business. The bill would define "eligible medical condition" as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, other inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, or another medical condition that requires immediate access to a toilet facility.
The bill would permit the place of business to require the individual to present reasonable evidence of an eligible medical condition or use of an ostomy device. The bill would authorize the individual to satisfy that evidence requirement through a signed statement by a licensed physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant, on a specified form to be developed by the State Department of Public Health and posted on its internet website.
The bill would require the department to implement these provisions in consultation with the Department of Consumer Affairs, and only to the extent not in conflict with nor construed to limit rights under civil rights law, as specified.
01/11/22 - Introduced
January 11, 2022
03/22/22 - Amended Assembly
March 22, 2022
04/21/22 - Amended Assembly
April 21, 2022
08/01/22 - Amended Senate
August 1, 2022
08/16/22 - Amended Senate
August 16, 2022
08/25/22 - Enrolled
August 25, 2022
09/30/22 - Chaptered
September 30, 2022
03/25/22- Assembly Business and Professions
March 25, 2022
04/22/22- Assembly Health
April 22, 2022
05/09/22- Assembly Appropriations
May 9, 2022
05/13/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
May 13, 2022
06/17/22- Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development
June 17, 2022
06/27/22- Senate Health
June 27, 2022
08/10/22- Sen. Floor Analyses
August 10, 2022
08/17/22- Sen. Floor Analyses
August 17, 2022
08/22/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
August 22, 2022
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09/30/2022
California State Legislature
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 893, Statutes of 2022.
09/30/2022
California State Legislature
Approved by the Governor.
08/30/2022
California State Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
08/23/2022
Assembly
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6061.).
08/23/2022
Assembly
Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 6056.)
08/22/2022
Assembly
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
08/22/2022
Senate
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4950.).
08/17/2022
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
08/16/2022
Senate
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
08/09/2022
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
08/08/2022
Senate
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
08/01/2022
Senate
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
06/30/2022
Senate
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 29).
06/20/2022
Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
06/09/2022
Assembly
Action rescinded whereby the bill was referred to Com. on JUD.
06/08/2022
Senate
Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D., HEALTH and JUD.
05/26/2022
Senate
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
05/25/2022
Assembly
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 5028.)
05/12/2022
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
05/11/2022
Assembly
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 11).
04/27/2022
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
04/25/2022
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
04/21/2022
Assembly
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
04/19/2022
Assembly
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
03/29/2022
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
03/23/2022
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
03/22/2022
Assembly
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
01/20/2022
Assembly
Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and HEALTH.
01/12/2022
Assembly
From printer. May be heard in committee February 11.
01/11/2022
Assembly
Read first time. To print.
Sources
Record Created
Jan 12, 2022 12:11:38 PM
Record Updated
Nov 29, 2022 9:28:00 AM