House File 2596 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2596 BY STAED A BILL FOR An Act requiring the installation and maintenance of adult 1 changing stations at certain locations, and including 2 effective date provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6227YH (2) 88 mo/ns

H.F. 2596 Section 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act shall be known as 1 “Adalynn’s law”. 2 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION . 216C.13 Adult changing stations. 3 1. For purposes of this section, “adult changing station” 4 means a universally-accessible, height-adjustable adult 5 changing table placed within an enclosed restroom facility 6 or other similar facility that is for use by persons with 7 disabilities who need assistance with diapering. 8 2. An adult changing station shall be installed and 9 maintained at all of the following locations: 10 a. Any building or facility to which the public is invited 11 or in which the public is permitted, on which construction will 12 commence on or after January 1, 2022. 13 b. Any building or facility to which the public is invited 14 or in which the public is permitted, on which construction 15 of renovations to the building or facility will commence on 16 or after January 1, 2025, and where such renovations will 17 require a permit, certificate, authorization, or other required 18 document or where the renovations will cost ten thousand 19 dollars or more. 20 c. Any building or facility to which the public is invited 21 or in which the public is permitted, with the capacity to serve 22 one thousand five hundred or more persons in any one day, 23 including but not limited to state buildings and facilities. 24 d. Shopping malls and retail stores with a floor space of 25 forty thousand square feet or more. 26 e. Entertainment venues with a floor space of forty thousand 27 square feet or more, including but not limited to theaters, 28 concert halls, auditoriums, and other facilities primarily used 29 for exhibiting motion pictures, stage performances, lectures, 30 musical recitals, and other similar performances, bingo 31 facilities, gambling structures, and indoor arenas including 32 sports arenas. 33 f. Public transportation facilities under the authority 34 of the state or its political subdivisions, including bus 35 -1- LSB 6227YH (2) 88 mo/ns 1/ 3

H.F. 2596 stations. 1 g. Galleries, libraries, museums, and tourist information 2 centers. 3 h. Parks, playgrounds, recreational centers, zoos, and 4 amusement or theme parks. 5 i. General aviation airports as defined in section 328.1. 6 j. Rest areas as defined in section 306C.10. 7 k. Public or nonpublic educational facilities, including but 8 not limited to schools, colleges, and universities. 9 l. Hospitals as defined in section 135B.1. 10 m. A facility as defined in section 125.2. 11 3. Each location required to install and maintain an adult 12 changing station, as provided for in subsection 2, shall 13 ensure that the entrance to each adult changing station has 14 conspicuous signage indicating the location of the adult 15 changing station. 16 4. A person who violates this section shall be assessed a 17 civil penalty by the department of human rights which is not 18 to exceed two hundred fifty dollars. Moneys collected under 19 this subsection shall be remitted to the treasurer of state for 20 deposit in the general fund of the state. 21 Sec. 3. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT. Section 25B.2, subsection 22 3, shall not apply to this Act. 23 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect January 1, 24 2021. 25 EXPLANATION 26 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 27 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 28 This bill requires the installation and maintenance of 29 adult changing stations at certain locations. The bill 30 defines the term “adult changing station”. An adult changing 31 station is required to be installed and maintained in certain 32 buildings and facilities with future construction dates; 33 certain buildings or facilities undergoing future renovations; 34 buildings or facilities with the capacity to serve 1,500 or 35 -2- LSB 6227YH (2) 88 mo/ns 2/ 3

H.F. 2596 more persons in any one day; shopping malls, retail stores, 1 and certain entertainment venues with a floor space of 40,000 2 square feet or more; certain public transportation facilities; 3 galleries, libraries, museums, and tourist information centers; 4 parks, playgrounds, recreational centers, zoos, and amusement 5 or theme parks; certain airports; rest areas; education 6 facilities; hospitals; and rehabilitation facilities. Each 7 location required to install an adult changing station is 8 required to install conspicuous signage at the entrance of each 9 adult changing station indicating its location. 10 A violation of the bill is punishable by a civil penalty 11 not to exceed $250 to be assessed by the department of human 12 rights. Moneys collected are to be remitted to the treasurer 13 of state for deposit in the general fund. 14 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 15 section 25B.3. The bill makes inapplicable Code section 25B.2, 16 subsection 3, which would relieve a political subdivision from 17 complying with a state mandate if funding for the cost of 18 the state mandate is not provided or specified. Therefore, 19 political subdivisions are required to comply with any state 20 mandate included in the bill. 21 The bill takes effect January 1, 2021. 22 The bill shall be known as Adalynn’s law. 23 -3- LSB 6227YH (2) 88 mo/ns 3/ 3