AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RESTROOM ACCESS ACT (Requires retail establishments with 3 or more employees on the premises without accessible public restroom to allow customers suffering from eligible conditions access to their employee restrooms.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
House Passage
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 8, 2021
Last action Apr 8, 2021
Floor votes · House Mar 16, 2021
How they voted
70–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 72
Mar 16, 2021
D
Democratic62
96% Yea
R
Republican10
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Apr 8, 2021
Committee
04/08/2021 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services
upper
Mar 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
03/16/2021 House read and passed
lower
Mar 8, 2021
Legislature · Passed
03/08/2021 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Mar 1, 2021
Legislature · Passed
03/01/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 8, 2021
Introduced
02/08/2021 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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