Text of CO HB 1081 (2015)

First Regular Session Seventieth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO INTRODUCED LLS NO. 15-0562.01 Christy Chase x2008 HOUSE BILL 15-1081 House Committees Senate Committees State, Veterans, & Military Affairs A BILL FOR AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF PHYSICAL PRIVACY IN 101 SEX-SEGREGATED LOCKER ROOMS. 102 Bill Summary (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.) Under current law, a person is subject to a claim of discrimination in places of public accommodation if the person restricts access to a sex-segregated place of public accommodation to individuals based on their biological sex. The bill permits a person to restrict access to a sex-segregated locker room based on an individual's actual, biological sex. HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Ransom, Saine, Buck, Everett, Landgraf, Lundeen, Navarro, Neville P., Nordberg, Tate, Windholz SENATE SPONSORSHIP (None), Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment. Capital letters indicate new material to be added to existing statute. Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: 1 SECTION 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be 2 cited as the "Physical Privacy Act". 3 SECTION 2. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly 4 finds that: 5 (a) Children and young adults have natural and normal concerns 6 about physical privacy when they are in various states of undress, and 7 most wish for members of the opposite biological sex not to be present in 8 those circumstances; 9 (b) Parents have a reasonable expectation that places of public 10 accommodation in this state that have sex-segregated locker rooms will 11 not allow their minor children to be viewed in various states of undress 12 by members of the opposite biological sex, nor allow their minor children 13 to view members of the opposite biological sex in various states of 14 undress; and 15 (c) Allowing individuals to use locker rooms that are reserved for 16 individuals of a different biological sex will create a significant potential 17 for unsafe situations and for an invasion of privacy. 18 SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-34-601, amend 19 (3) as follows: 20 24-34-601. Discrimination in places of public accommodation 21 - definition. (3) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, it 22 is not a discriminatory practice for a person to restrict admission to a 23 place of public accommodation to individuals of one sex if: such 24 (a) THE restriction has a bona fide relationship to the goods, 25 services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of such 26 HB15-1081 -2- THE place of public accommodation; OR 1 (b) THE PLACE OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION IS A SEX-SEGREGATED 2 LOCKER ROOM AND THE RESTRICTION IS BASED ON AN INDIVIDUAL'S 3 ACTUAL, BIOLOGICAL SEX. 4 SECTION 4. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds, 5 determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate 6 preservation of the public peace, health, and safety. 7 HB15-1081 -3-