{"id":7894,"date":"2016-09-30T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartsignblog.com\/blog\/?p=7894"},"modified":"2025-02-28T02:12:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T07:12:01","slug":"regulatory-notes-california-requires-single-restrooms-gender-neutral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartsign.com/blog\/regulatory-notes-california-requires-single-restrooms-gender-neutral\/","title":{"rendered":"Regulatory notes: California requires all single restrooms to be gender-neutral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California has recently changed its laws regarding restroom signage. Governor Jerry Brown signed a new law on September 29th that requires all single-toilet restrooms to be designated as gender-neutral.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartsign.com\/all-gender-restroom-signs\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smartsign.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/all-gender-restroom-tactiletouch-sign-se-6060_210-300x300.png\" alt=\"all-gender-restroom-tactiletouch-sign-se-6060_210\" width=\"213\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smartsign.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/all-gender-restroom-tactiletouch-sign-se-6060_210-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.smartsign.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/all-gender-restroom-tactiletouch-sign-se-6060_210-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.smartsign.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/all-gender-restroom-tactiletouch-sign-se-6060_210-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.smartsign.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/all-gender-restroom-tactiletouch-sign-se-6060_210.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Effective March 1, 2017, the following will change:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All single-user restrooms in government facilities, businesses, and other public accommodations are to be changed to all-gender facilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If they haven\u2019t done so already, businesses must post non-gender-specific signs on single-toilet facilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The law is bill number <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1732\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AB 1732<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California has recently changed its laws regarding restroom signage. 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