First Regular Session
               Seventieth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 15-0562.01 Christy Chase x2008  HOUSE BILL 15-1081
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Ransom,  Saine, Buck, Everett, Landgraf, Lundeen, Navarro, Neville P., Nordberg, Tate,
 Windholz
 
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 (None),
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 House Committees
 Senate Committees
 
 
 State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning the protection of physical privacy in
            sex-segregated locker rooms.
       
       
                           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. 
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  Short title. This act shall be known and may be
       cited as the "Physical Privacy Act".
            SECTION 2.  Legislative declaration. (1)  The general assembly
       finds that:
            (a)  Children and young adults have natural and normal concerns
       about physical privacy when they are in various states of undress, and
       most wish for members of the opposite biological sex not to be present in
       those circumstances;
            (b)  Parents have a reasonable expectation that places of public
       accommodation in this state that have sex-segregated locker rooms will
       not allow their minor children to be viewed in various states of undress
       by members of the opposite biological sex, nor allow their minor children
       to view members of the opposite biological sex in various states of
       undress; and
            (c)  Allowing individuals to use locker rooms that are reserved for
       individuals of a different biological sex will create a significant potential
       for unsafe situations and for an invasion of privacy.
            SECTION 3.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-34-601, amend
       (3) as follows:
            24-34-601.  Discrimination in places of public accommodation
       - definition. (3)  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, it
       is not a discriminatory practice for a person to restrict admission to a
       place of public accommodation to individuals of one sex if: such 
            (a)  The restriction has a bona fide relationship to the goods,
       services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of such
       the place of public accommodation; or
            (b)  The place of public accommodation is a sex-segregated
       locker room and the restriction is based on an individual's
       actual, biological sex.
            SECTION 4.  Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,
       determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
       preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.