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2024 SESSION
HB 474 Restroom Access Act; civil liability.
Introduced by: Carrie E. Coyner (by request) | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Restroom Access Act. Requires a retail establishment that does not have a public restroom but has an employee toilet facility to allow any customer with an eligible medical condition, as defined in the bill, to use such employee toilet facility during normal business hours if certain conditions are met. A customer who suffers loss as a result of a violation may bring an action to recover damages not to exceed $100.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100945D pdf
- 02/09/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24106961D-H1 pdf
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB474ER) pdf
- 04/08/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0640) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee amendments reported
- House amendments not adopted
HISTORY
- 01/08/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100945D
- 01/08/24 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/16/24 House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/25/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/24 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (18-Y 4-N)
- 02/01/24 House: Read first time
- 02/02/24 House: Motion to refer to committee agreed to
- 02/02/24 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/02/24 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 02/05/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
- 02/09/24 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
- 02/09/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24106961D-H1
- 02/11/24 House: Read first time
- 02/12/24 House: Read second time
- 02/12/24 House: Committee Labor and Commerce amendments rejected
- 02/12/24 House: Committee on Courts of Justice substitute agreed to 24106961D-H1
- 02/12/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB474H1
- 02/13/24 House: Read third time and passed House (64-Y 35-N)
- 02/13/24 House: VOTE: Passage (64-Y 35-N)
- 02/14/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/14/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/22/24 Senate: Rereferred from Education and Health (12-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/24 Senate: Rereferred to Commerce and Labor
- 03/04/24 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (9-Y 3-N 2-A)
- 03/05/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/24 Senate: Read third time
- 03/06/24 Senate: Defeated by Senate (19-Y 21-N)
- 03/06/24 Senate: Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/24 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/07/24 Senate: Read third time
- 03/07/24 Senate: Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N)
- 03/25/24 House: Enrolled
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB474ER)
- 03/25/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
- 03/27/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/08/24 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 640 (effective 7/1/24)
- 04/08/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0640)