HB0072

Establishes requirements for sex-designated restrooms, changing areas, and sleeping quarters in public facilities, and creates civil remedies for violations.

• Defines key terms including 'female' and 'male' based on reproductive system characteristics, 'public facility' as buildings owned or operated by governmental entities, and 'changing area' as spaces where persons may be undressed. (W.S. 9-25-101)
• Requires all multi-occupancy restrooms, changing areas, and sleeping quarters in public facilities to be designated for use exclusively by males or females, and prohibits persons from entering facilities designated for the opposite sex. (W.S. 9-25-102(a)-(b))
• Allows public facility administrators to provide reasonable accommodations to individuals, but excludes access to multi-occupancy changing areas, restrooms, or sleeping quarters designated for the opposite sex. (W.S. 9-25-102(c))
• Exempts single-occupancy unisex facilities, maintenance and medical personnel, employees performing official duties, and situations involving natural disaster or public safety threats from the sex-designation requirements. (W.S. 9-25-102(d))
• Creates a civil cause of action for persons who encounter someone of the opposite sex in a designated restroom or changing area, allowing recovery of reasonable attorney fees and costs, with a two-year statute of limitations for public facilities and correctional facilities. (W.S. 9-25-102(e)-(g))
• Requires educational facilities to designate multi-occupancy changing areas and restrooms by sex and prohibits persons from entering facilities designated for the opposite sex. (W.S. 9-25-103(a)-(b))
• Mandates that educational facilities housing students provide options for same-sex housing and prohibit co-ed sleeping arrangements except within immediate family units. (W.S. 9-25-103(c)-(d))
• Requires educational facilities to provide separate private changing areas designated by sex for any facility or activity where persons may be undressed, with exemptions for single-occupancy unisex facilities, temporary designations, emergency situations, and when the opposite-sex facility is the only one available with no opposite-sex persons present.