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Amend SB 3 (senate committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Chapter 341, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subchapter G to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER G. SANITATION AND SAFETY IN STATE BUILDINGS
Sec. 341.101. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "state building" has the meaning assigned by Section 2165.301, Government Code.
Sec. 341.102. REQUIRED DIAPER CHANGING STATIONS. (a) A person who engages in or contracts for the construction or renovation of a state building with one or more restrooms accessible to the general public shall provide a diaper changing station in at least one restroom designated for each gender or, if applicable, in at least one restroom not designated by gender.
(b) This section does not apply to the renovation of a state building to include a restroom described by Subsection (a) if providing a diaper changing station in the restroom would limit the accessibility of the restroom to a person with a disability.
Sec. 341.103. OPTIONAL ADULT CHANGING STATIONS. (a) A person who engages in or contracts for the construction or renovation of a state building may provide an adult changing station in one or more restrooms if the state building:
(1) has one or more restrooms accessible to the general public; and
(2) is frequently visited by persons with a mobility impairment.
(b) If a person chooses to provide an adult changing station under Subsection (a), the person must provide an adult changing station in at least one restroom designated for each gender or, if applicable, in at least one restroom not designated by gender.
Sec. 341.104. SIGN REQUIREMENTS. A person required to provide a diaper changing station under Section 341.102 or who chooses to provide an adult changing station under Section 341.103 in a state building shall post in a conspicuous place a sign with clear language indicating the location in the building of each restroom with a diaper changing station or adult changing station, as applicable.
SECTION ____. Subchapter G, Chapter 341, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, applies only to the construction or renovation of a state building with restrooms accessible to the general public that begins on or after the effective date of this Act.