Bill Text: IA SF2296 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act prohibiting persons from entering multiple occupancy toilet facilities in elementary and secondary schools that do not correspond with the person’s biological sex.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-19 - Subcommittee: Sinclair, Chelgren, and Dvorsky. S.J. 375. [SF2296 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SF2296-Introduced.html
Senate File 2296 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY CARLIN A BILL FOR 1 An Act prohibiting persons from entering multiple occupancy 2 toilet facilities in elementary and secondary schools that 3 do not correspond with the person's biological sex. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5834XS (4) 87 asf/rj PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 216.9A Multiple occupancy toilet 1 2 facilities in schools == use by persons of same biological sex. 1 3 It shall not be an unfair or discriminatory practice for a 1 4 school to require a multiple occupancy toilet facility to be 1 5 designated only for and used by persons of the same biological 1 6 sex as provided in section 280.30. It shall not be an unfair 1 7 or discriminatory practice to prohibit a person from using a 1 8 multiple occupancy toilet facility that does not correspond 1 9 with the person's biological sex as provided in section 280.30. 1 10 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 280.30 Multiple occupancy toilet 1 11 facilities == use by persons of same biological sex. 1 12 1. As used in this section: 1 13 a. "Biological sex" means the physical condition of being 1 14 male or female as indicated on a person's birth certificate. 1 15 b. "Multiple occupancy toilet facility" means a toilet 1 16 facility designed or designated to be used by more than one 1 17 person at a time. 1 18 c. "School" means an elementary or secondary public or 1 19 nonpublic school as described in this chapter. 1 20 2. A school shall require a multiple occupancy toilet 1 21 facility to be designated only for and used by persons of 1 22 the same biological sex. A person shall not enter a school 1 23 multiple occupancy toilet facility that does not correspond 1 24 with the person's biological sex. 1 25 EXPLANATION 1 26 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 27 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 28 This bill requires elementary and secondary public and 1 29 nonpublic schools to designate and allow the use of multiple 1 30 occupancy toilet facilities only by persons of the same 1 31 biological sex. The bill prohibits a person from entering 1 32 a school multiple occupancy toilet facility that does not 1 33 correspond with the person's biological sex. The bill provides 1 34 that such designations and prohibitions do not constitute 1 35 unfair or discriminatory practices in violation of the Iowa 2 1 civil rights Act, Code chapter 216. LSB 5834XS (4) 87 asf/rj
