By Bosse H.B. No. 720 74R3875 KLL-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to access to diaper changing stations in restrooms. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 341, Health and Safety 1-5 Code, is amended by adding Section 341.069 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 341.069. DIAPER CHANGING STATIONS IN RESTROOMS. (a) A 1-7 facility that provides a diaper changing station in a restroom 1-8 designated for one gender shall also provide a diaper changing 1-9 station in the restroom designated for the other gender. 1-10 (b) In this section: 1-11 (1) "Facility" means a building used by the public or 1-12 that serves as a workplace, and includes: 1-13 (A) a building used for state or local 1-14 governmental purposes; 1-15 (B) a retail store, office, or other commercial 1-16 establishment; 1-17 (C) a grocery store; 1-18 (D) a restaurant or cafeteria; 1-19 (E) a school; 1-20 (F) an institution of higher education; 1-21 (G) a health care facility; 1-22 (H) a theater, movie house, auditorium, or 1-23 arena; 1-24 (I) a library; 2-1 (J) a recreational facility; or 2-2 (K) a place of employment. 2-3 (2) "Restroom" means toilet, chemical toilet, or water 2-4 closet. 2-5 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995, and 2-6 applies to a facility on which construction is started on or after 2-7 that date. 2-8 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-9 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-10 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-11 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-12 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.