Bill Text: VA HB587 | 2020 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Baby changing facilities; DGS to implement in public buildings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-03-02 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0049) [HB587 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2020-HB587-Enrolled.html

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VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 2.2-1147.3, relating to the Department of General Services; baby changing facilities in restrooms located in public buildings. [H 587] Approved

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 2.2-1147.3 as follows:

§2.2-1147.3. Baby changing facilities in restrooms located in public buildings.

The Department shall include in the standards established pursuant to subsection B of §2.2-1132 policies for the construction and installation of physically safe, sanitary, and appropriate baby changing facilities in restrooms. For purposes of this section, "baby changing facility" means a table or other device suitable for changing the diaper of a child age three or younger.