Text of IA SF 2296 (2018)
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.
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As introduced
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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:
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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.
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