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HB 1130 CO
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Public Restroom Baby Diaper Changing Station

CO · session 2026A · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Feb 4, 2026

Latest action (May 5, 2026) Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs

Summary

This bill requires public buildings in Colorado to install and maintain baby diaper changing stations in restrooms accessible to the public, effective January 1, 2028. At least one changing station must be provided in each gender-specific restroom per floor, or in each non-gendered restroom per floor. Building owners must keep changing stations clean, maintained, and in good working order, and must display signage indicating their location. Several categories of buildings are exempt from this requirement, including government buildings, historic structures, small businesses with 25 or fewer employees and less than $3.5 million in annual income, and buildings with age-restricted areas.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill (from the OpenStates abstract — no full text available yet) — neutral, and may be imperfect.

Official abstract

Beginning on July 1, 2027 January 1, 2028 , the bill requires a building with an indoor restroom that is open to the public, including to customers or public visitors, and that does not include private offices or workspaces that are but that is not in a private office or workspace that is generally not open to customers or public visitors (restroom accessible to the public), to have safe, sanitary, and convenient baby diaper changing tables (baby diaper changing station) as follows:At least one baby diaper changing station in each gender-specific one restroom designated for each gender on each floor;At least one baby diaper changing station in a non-gendered single-stall restroom on each floor; orAt least one baby diaper changing station in a non-gendered multi-stall restroom on each floor.     The owner or manager of a building with a restroom accessible to the public is required to ensure that each baby diaper changing station is cleaned with the same frequency as the restroom in which it is located and maintained, repaired, and replaced as necessary to ensure safety and ease of use.      Beginning on July 1, 2027, for each restroom accessible to the public with a baby diaper changing station, the owner or manager of a building is required to display: A pictogram, void of gender, at or near the restroom accessible to the public that indicates the presence of a baby diaper changing station; and Signage, at or near the entrance to the building, indicating the location of each restroom accessible to the public and each baby diaper changing station in the building.     Providing a baby diaper changing station in a restroom accessible to the public and providing the corresponding signage is not required if: a local building permitting entity or building inspector determines thatThe installation of a baby diaper changing station in a restroom accessible to the public would result in a failure to comply with applicable building standards governing the right of access for individuals with disabilities or the 'Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990' , or if the building is a certified historic structure; The building is owned or managed by a state department or state agency, state institution of higher education, a county, a city and county, or a municipality; The building is owned by an employer with 25 or fewer employees that generates no more than $3.5 million in annual gross income and the building has an occupancy of fewer than 25 people; or A portion of the building is occupied by a business that does not admit individuals who are under 21 years old, but only with respect to that portion of the building.(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

Sponsors (4)

8 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (10)

  1. May 5, 2026 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely · upper
  2. Apr 28, 2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs · upper
  3. Apr 24, 2026 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
  4. Apr 22, 2026 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor · lower
  5. Mar 20, 2026 House Third Reading Re-referred to House Committee of the Whole - No Amendments · lower
  6. Mar 10, 2026 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
  7. Mar 9, 2026 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor · lower
  8. Mar 3, 2026 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
  9. Feb 26, 2026 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
  10. Feb 4, 2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs · lower
Subjects
Public Health

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