House File 306 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 306 BY STAED , ANDERSON , EHLERT , and MASCHER A BILL FOR An Act requiring the installation and maintenance of adult 1 changing stations at certain locations, providing penalties, 2 and including effective date and applicability provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2336YH (4) 89 th/ns

H.F. 306 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 new building or facility to which the public is 11 invited or in which the public is permitted. 12 b. Any renovated building or facility to which the public 13 is invited or in which the public is permitted, where such 14 renovations require a permit, certificate, authorization, or 15 other required document or where the renovations will cost ten 16 thousand dollars or more. 17 c. Any building or facility to which the public is invited 18 or in which the public is permitted, with the capacity to serve 19 one thousand five hundred or more persons in any one day, 20 including but not limited to state buildings and facilities. 21 d. Shopping malls and retail stores with a floor space of 22 forty thousand square feet or more. 23 e. Entertainment venues with a floor space of forty thousand 24 square feet or more, including but not limited to theaters, 25 concert halls, auditoriums, and other facilities primarily used 26 for exhibiting motion pictures, stage performances, lectures, 27 musical recitals, and other similar performances, bingo 28 facilities, gambling structures, and indoor arenas including 29 sports arenas. 30 f. Public transportation facilities under the authority 31 of the state or its political subdivisions, including bus 32 stations. 33 g. Galleries, libraries, museums, and tourist information 34 centers. 35 -1- LSB 2336YH (4) 89 th/ns 1/ 3

H.F. 306 h. Parks, playgrounds, recreational centers, zoos, and 1 amusement or theme parks. 2 i. General aviation airports as defined in section 328.1. 3 j. Rest areas as defined in section 306C.10. 4 k. Public or nonpublic educational facilities, including but 5 not limited to schools, colleges, and universities. 6 l. Hospitals as defined in section 135B.1. 7 m. A facility as defined in section 125.2. 8 3. Each location required to install and maintain an adult 9 changing station, as provided for in subsection 2, shall 10 ensure that the entrance to each adult changing station has 11 conspicuous signage indicating the location of the adult 12 changing station. 13 4. A person who violates this section shall be assessed a 14 civil penalty by the department of human rights which is not 15 to exceed two hundred fifty dollars. Moneys collected under 16 this subsection shall be remitted to the treasurer of state for 17 deposit in the general fund of the state. 18 Sec. 3. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT. Section 25B.2, subsection 19 3, shall not apply to this Act. 20 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect January 1, 21 2022. 22 Sec. 5. APPLICABILITY. 23 1. Section 216C.13, subsection 2, paragraph “a”, as enacted 24 in this Act, applies to buildings and facilities on which 25 construction will commence on or after January 1, 2023. 26 2. Section 216C.13, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, as enacted 27 in this Act, applies to buildings and facilities on which 28 renovations will commence on or after January 1, 2026. 29 EXPLANATION 30 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 31 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 32 This bill requires the installation and maintenance of adult 33 changing stations at certain locations. The bill defines the 34 term “adult changing station”. An adult changing station 35 -2- LSB 2336YH (4) 89 th/ns 2/ 3

H.F. 306 is required to be installed and maintained in certain new 1 buildings and facilities constructed on or after January 1, 2 2023; certain buildings or facilities renovated on or after 3 January 1, 2026; buildings or facilities with the capacity 4 to serve 1,500 or more persons in any one day; shopping 5 malls, retail stores, and certain entertainment venues with 6 a floor space of 40,000 square feet or more; certain public 7 transportation facilities; galleries, libraries, museums, and 8 tourist information centers; parks, playgrounds, recreational 9 centers, zoos, and amusement or theme parks; certain airports; 10 rest areas; education facilities; hospitals; and rehabilitation 11 facilities. Each location required to install an adult 12 changing station is required to install conspicuous signage 13 at the entrance of each adult changing station indicating its 14 location. 15 A violation of the bill is punishable by a civil penalty 16 not to exceed $250 to be assessed by the department of human 17 rights. Moneys collected are to be remitted to the treasurer 18 of state for deposit in the general fund. 19 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 20 section 25B.3. The bill makes inapplicable Code section 25B.2, 21 subsection 3, which would relieve a political subdivision from 22 complying with a state mandate if funding for the cost of 23 the state mandate is not provided or specified. Therefore, 24 political subdivisions are required to comply with any state 25 mandate included in the bill. 26 The bill takes effect January 1, 2022. 27 The bill shall be known as “Adalynn’s Law”. 28 -3- LSB 2336YH (4) 89 th/ns 3/ 3