Florida Senate - 2023                             CS for SB 1282
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Community Affairs; and Senator Stewart
       
       
       
       
       
       578-02920-23                                          20231282c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to public restroom requirements;
    3         amending s. 553.86, F.S.; requiring the Florida
    4         Building Commission to adopt certain requirements in
    5         the Florida Building Code for certain public restroom
    6         facilities newly constructed or renovated after a
    7         specified date; providing an effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Section 553.86, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   12  read:
   13         553.86 Public restroom requirements restrooms; ratio of
   14  facilities for men and women; application; incorporation into
   15  the Florida Building Code.—The Florida Building Commission shall
   16  incorporate into the Florida Building Code, to be adopted by
   17  rule pursuant to s. 553.73(1):,
   18         (1) A ratio of public restroom facilities for men and women
   19  which must be provided in all buildings that are newly
   20  constructed after September 30, 1992, and that have restrooms
   21  open to the public. This subsection section does not apply to
   22  establishments licensed under chapter 509 if the establishment
   23  does not provide meeting or banquet rooms which accommodate more
   24  than 150 persons and the establishment has at least the same
   25  number of water closets for women as the combined total of water
   26  closets and urinals for men.
   27         (2) For public restroom facilities with a wheelchair
   28  accessible toilet compartment or a single-user toilet room which
   29  are newly constructed or renovated after July 1, 2023, the
   30  installation of a hook within the reach range of an average
   31  sized person while the person is sitting on the toilet seat, and
   32  that such public restroom facilities must otherwise be in
   33  compliance with ss. 553.501-553.313 and all applicable
   34  requirements set forth in the Florida Accessibility Code for
   35  Building Construction.
   36         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.