HOUSE BILL NO. 2910 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE KELLEY.
4052H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT To amend chapter 701, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to diaper changing stations in public restrooms.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 701, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be 2 known as section 701.455, to read as follows: 701.455. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: 2 (1) "Diaper changing station", a table or other device suitable for changing the 3 diaper of a child under four years of age; 4 (2) "Political subdivision", any municipality, school district, special district, 5 local governmental body, county, city, town, or village; 6 (3) "Public building", a building owned or operated by this state or an agency or 7 political subdivision of this state; 8 (4) "Public restroom": 9 (a) A restroom within a public building that is open for public use; or 10 (b) A restroom within a private business that is open for use by members of the 11 general public patronizing the business; 12 (5) "Restroom", a room that contains one or more toilets or urinals. 13 2. Any new private business established on or after August 28, 2026, shall equip 14 each public restroom it owns or operates with a diaper changing station. 15 3. Beginning January 1, 2028, each public restroom within a public building 16 shall be equipped with a diaper changing station.
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language. HB 2910 2
17 4. If a public restroom required to be equipped with a diaper changing station 18 under this section is restricted to persons of a specific gender, another public restroom 19 equipped with a diaper changing station within the same building shall be available to 20 persons of the opposite gender. ✔
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