Signed by Governor Spencer Cox

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a conference report vote and final pass a bill that requires students use the same restroom that aligns with their sex at birth.

Highlights:

• Defines terms related to gender (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes legal standards for distinctions on the basis of sex in certain publicly owned or controlled circumstances (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes acceptable and prohibited distinctions on the basis of sex (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes new provisions regarding sex-designated restrooms, shower rooms, locker-room facilities that students use (Sec. 1). 

• Requires local education agencies to establish privacy plans with parents and students in certain cases to address gender identity and fear of bullying (Sec. 1). 

• Requires provisions regarding sex-designated shower facilities where the general public has an expectation of privacy (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes components of the crimes of voyeurism and criminal trespass for certain actions (Sec. 1). 

• Requires government entities to do the following actions when there is an infraction of the laws (Sec. 1): 

• Report allegations of certain criminal offenses to law enforcement; 

• Adopt a privacy compliance plan; 

• Provide a single-occupant facility in new construction; and 

• Consider the feasibility of certain retrofit or remodel projects.

• Requires the state auditor to investigate government entity compliance with certain requirements (Sec. 1). 

• Requires the attorney general to impose fines on political subdivisions that fail to cure noncompliance that the state auditor identifies (Sec. 1). 

• Amends certain crimes to establish a reasonable expectation of privacy in public restrooms (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes enhanced penalties for the following (Sec. 1): 

• Committing multiple offenses within a public restroom or other private location;and 

• Committing certain offenses within a public restroom or shower room meant of the opposite sex. 

• Establishes elements of the crime of emergency reporting abuse for making false allegations of violation of sex-designation in a publicly owned or controlled facility (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a conference report vote and final pass a bill that requires students use the same restroom that aligns with their sex at birth.

Highlights:

• Defines terms related to gender (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes legal standards for distinctions on the basis of sex in certain publicly owned or controlled circumstances (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes acceptable and prohibited distinctions on the basis of sex (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes new provisions regarding sex-designated restrooms, shower rooms, locker-room facilities that students use (Sec. 1). 

• Requires local education agencies to establish privacy plans with parents and students in certain cases to address gender identity and fear of bullying (Sec. 1). 

• Requires provisions regarding sex-designated shower facilities where the general public has an expectation of privacy (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes components of the crimes of voyeurism and criminal trespass for certain actions (Sec. 1). 

• Requires government entities to do the following actions when there is an infraction of the laws (Sec. 1): 

• Report allegations of certain criminal offenses to law enforcement; 

• Adopt a privacy compliance plan; 

• Provide a single-occupant facility in new construction; and 

• Consider the feasibility of certain retrofit or remodel projects.

• Requires the state auditor to investigate government entity compliance with certain requirements (Sec. 1). 

• Requires the attorney general to impose fines on political subdivisions that fail to cure noncompliance that the state auditor identifies (Sec. 1). 

• Amends certain crimes to establish a reasonable expectation of privacy in public restrooms (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes enhanced penalties for the following (Sec. 1): 

• Committing multiple offenses within a public restroom or other private location;and 

• Committing certain offenses within a public restroom or shower room meant of the opposite sex. 

• Establishes elements of the crime of emergency reporting abuse for making false allegations of violation of sex-designation in a publicly owned or controlled facility (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text