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    The document proposes a bill to require public facilities that allow use of restrooms regardless of biological sex to post notices of their policy. The bill specifies requirements for the size, color, text, and placement of the notices. It defines key terms and sets an effective date of July 1, 2021.

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    The document proposes a bill to require public facilities that allow use of restrooms regardless of biological sex to post notices of their policy. The bill specifies requirements for the size, color, text, and placement of the notices. It defines key terms and sets an effective date of July 1, 2021.

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    HOUSE BILL 1182

    By Rudd

    AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4;


    Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 49 and Title 68, relative
    to public facilities.

    BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

    SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 120, Part 1, is amended by

    adding the following as a new section:

    (a) A public or private entity or business that operates a building or facility open

    to the general public and that, as a matter of formal or informal policy, allows a member

    of either biological sex to use any public restroom within the building or facility shall post

    notice of the policy at the entrance of each public restroom and at each entrance of the

    building accessible by the general public.

    (b) Signage of the notice must be posted in a manner that is compliant with the

    standard for signage for restrooms under the Americans with Disabilities Act, (42 U.S.C.

    § 12131 et seq.) and must meet the following requirements:

    (1) Be at least eight inches (8'') wide and six inches (6'') tall;

    (2) The top one-third (1/3) of the sign must have a background color of

    red and state "NOTICE" in yellow text, centered in that portion of the sign;

    (3) The bottom two-thirds (2/3) of the sign must contain in boldface, block

    letters the following statement centered on that portion of the sign:

    THIS FACILITY MAINTAINS A POLICY OF ALLOWING THE USE

    OF RESTROOMS BY EITHER BIOLOGICAL SEX,

    REGARDLESS OF THE DESIGNATION ON THE RESTROOM

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    (4) Except as provided in subdivision (b)(2), have a background color of

    white with type in black; and

    (5) Be located on a door to which the sign must be affixed or have its

    leading edge located not more than one foot (1') from the outside edge of the

    frame of a door to which the sign must be affixed.

    (c) As used in this section:

    (1) "Policy" means the internal policy of a public or private entity or such

    policy as the result of a rule, ordinance, or resolution adopted by an agency or

    political subdivision of this state; and

    (2) "Public restroom":

    (A) Includes a locker room, shower facility, dressing area, or other

    facility or area that is:

    (i) Open to the general public;

    (ii) Designated for a specific biological sex; and

    (iii) A facility or area where a person would have a

    reasonable expectation of privacy; and

    (B) Excludes a unisex, single-occupant restroom or family

    restroom intended for use by either biological sex.

    SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2021, the public welfare requiring it.

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