House2025-26 sessionFiscal note

ESHB 1562 — Increasing the availability of baby diaper changing stations.

Signed into law — Chapter 274, Laws of 2025

Sponsor
Hunt
Introduced
February 7, 2025
Status
C 274 L 25
Last action
Effective date 7/27/2025. (May 13, 2025)

What this bill does

Requires a baby diaper changing station in both a restroom accessible to women and a restroom accessible to men, or in a gender-neutral restroom, in each newly constructed public building in which a public restroom is required and in any existing public building when a permit is issued for the renovation of a public restroom in the building with an estimated cost of $10,000 or more, with certain exceptions. Provides that a first violation of the diaper changing station requirement is subject to a warning, with any subsequent violation classified as a class 2 civil infraction.

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Floor votes

  • House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 4, 2025
    67 yea · 28 nay · 3 not voting
  • House — Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 19, 2025
    67 yea · 26 nay · 5 not voting
  • Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 15, 2025
    40 yea · 8 nay · 1 not voting

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