HB26-1130 • 2026

Public Restroom Baby Diaper Changing Station

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 privat

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Rep. J. Jackson, Rep. T. Story, Sen. L. Cutter, Sen. I. Jodeh, Rep. L. García, Rep. J. Joseph, Rep. S. Lieder, Rep. M. Lindsay, Rep. J. Mabrey, Rep. K. Nguyen, Rep. J. Willford, Rep. Y. Zokaie
Last action: 2026-05-05
Official status: Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date is January 1, 2028, but the bill may be subject to a referendum petition filed within 90 days after the legislature adjourns. If such a petition is filed and approved by voters in November 2026, it will take effect on the day of the official vote declaration.

HB26-1130: Baby Diaper Changing Stations in Public Restrooms

Starting January 1, 2028, most buildings with public restrooms must install and maintain safe baby diaper changing stations.

What This Bill Does

Requires at least one baby diaper changing station on each floor of a building with public restrooms. This can be in one restroom for each gender, or in a non-gendered single-stall or multi-stall restroom.
Mandates that owners or managers clean the changing stations as often as they clean the restroom itself and keep them safe to use.
Requires signs near the building entrance showing where public restrooms and changing stations are located inside.
Requires a picture sign without gender symbols at or near each restroom to show it has a baby diaper changing station.

Who It Names or Affects

Owners or managers of buildings with indoor restrooms open to customers or visitors, unless an exemption applies.

Terms To Know

Baby diaper changing station: A safe, sanitary, and convenient table for changing a baby's diaper.
Restroom accessible to the public: An indoor restroom open to customers or visitors that is not primarily serving private offices or workspaces.
Public entity: State departments, state agencies, institutions of higher education, counties, cities and counties, or municipalities. This does not include buildings owned by the Department of Education or school districts.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not apply if a building inspector says installing a station would break rules for people with disabilities.
Buildings that are certified historic structures do not have to install these stations.
Government buildings owned or managed by public entities are exempt.
Small businesses (25 or fewer employees and no more than $3.5 million in annual income) are exempt if the building has an occupancy of fewer than 25 people.
Portions of a building occupied by a business that does not admit individuals under age 21 do not need to install stations.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

L.002

HOU State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs

Passed [*]

Plain English: This amendment clarifies that the new diaper changing station rules only apply to indoor restrooms open to customers or visitors, excluding those used mainly by private office workers.

Defines 'restroom accessible to the public' as any indoor restroom open to customers or visitors.
Excludes from this definition restrooms that primarily serve private offices or workspaces.
Removes requirements related to signage and other specific rules found in the original bill text.

The provided amendment text cuts off several sections of the original bill without showing exactly what those removed parts said, so some details about deleted rules are unknown.
The full impact on state-owned buildings is unclear because the text only shows a partial sentence change at the end.

L.004

HOU State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs

Passed [*]

Plain English: This amendment adds an exception so that small businesses with fewer than 25 people do not have to follow the new rules for baby changing stations.

Buildings owned or managed by a small business are now exempt from the requirement if they hold less than 25 people.

The provided text does not define what counts as a 'small business' for this rule.
The full list of other building types that might be exempt is incomplete in the provided snippet.

L.009

Second Reading

Passed [**]

Plain English: This amendment changes the start date for new baby changing station rules to January 1, 2028, and adds a specific exception for parts of buildings occupied by businesses that do not allow people under age twenty-one.

Moves the effective date from July 1, 2027, to January 1, 2028.
Adds an exemption so the rule does not apply to sections of a building used by businesses that do not admit individuals under age twenty-one.

The provided text only shows changes to specific lines in a committee report and does not include the full context of all other exemptions or requirements in the bill.
It is unclear from this amendment alone which types of buildings are covered by the new age restriction exception.

L.010

Second Reading

Lost [**]

Plain English: This amendment would change the rule so that public buildings are allowed but not required to install baby diaper changing stations.

Changes the requirement from mandatory ('shall') to optional ('may').
Allows building owners to choose whether or not to include indoor restrooms with diaper changing stations.

The amendment was lost, meaning it did not pass and will not change the law.
The provided text only shows a single word substitution without full context of other bill sections.

L.011

Second Reading

Lost [**]

Plain English: This amendment adds a rule that allows buildings to skip installing baby diaper changing stations if the cheapest cost estimate for installation is more than $250.

Buildings do not have to install a station if the lowest price quote costs over $250.

The amendment text does not explain what happens if no cost estimate is available or how 'lowest responsive cost' is defined.
This amendment was voted down and did not pass, so it would not change the law even if approved in this form.

L.012

Second Reading

Lost [**]

Plain English: This amendment would make the state of Colorado responsible for lawsuits if a required baby changing station breaks or causes harm, while protecting building owners from being sued unless they acted with extreme carelessness.

The state government must pay for damages caused by the design, operation, or failure of any equipment it requires to be installed.
Building owners and tenants cannot be held legally responsible for injuries related to installing or maintaining this required equipment.
This protection does not apply if a building owner acts with gross negligence, willful misconduct, or intentionally causes damage.

The amendment was voted down (lost) and did not become part of the final bill.
The text uses legal terms like 'gross negligence' that may need further explanation to fully understand what actions are excluded from protection.

L.013

Second Reading

Lost [**]

Plain English: This amendment adds a rule that allows buildings to skip installing baby diaper changing stations if the cheapest cost estimate for installation is more than $149.99.

Buildings do not have to install a station if the lowest price quote costs over $149.99.

The amendment text does not explain what happens if no cost estimate is available or how 'ordinary cleaning and maintenance' are defined.
This amendment was voted down (lost) in the House, so it did not become part of the final bill.

L.015

Second Reading

Passed [**]

Plain English: This amendment changes when the law about public restroom diaper changing stations starts, making it wait until after a possible voter challenge period ends.

The bill will not take effect immediately but instead waits for ninety days after the state legislature finishes its session in May 2026.

If voters file a petition to challenge this law within that time, it cannot start until they vote on it at the November 2026 election.
The amendment text does not explain what specific rules about diaper changing stations are in the rest of the bill.

L.016

Second Reading

Lost [**]

Plain English: This amendment would create an exception so that small businesses with fewer than 25 employees do not have to install baby diaper changing stations in their public restrooms.

Buildings owned or managed by a business employing less than 25 people are exempt from the requirement.

This amendment was voted down and did not pass, so it does not change the law.
The text only specifies the employee limit for small businesses but does not define other details about what counts as a building or public restroom in this context.

L.019

Second Reading

Passed [**]

Plain English: This amendment defines what counts as a public entity or small business, requires diaper changing stations in restrooms for each gender on every floor, and updates the list of places that must follow these rules.

Defines 'public entity' to include state agencies, schools, counties, cities, and municipalities, but excludes buildings run by school districts or charter schools.
Creates a new definition for 'small business' as an employer with 25 or fewer workers who make $3.5 million or less in yearly income.
Requires at least one baby diaper changing station in a restroom designated for each gender on every floor of the building.
Updates the list of covered buildings to include all public entities instead of just state institutions of higher education.

The provided text does not explain how small businesses are treated under this bill, only defining what they are.
The full details about when these rules start and which specific buildings must comply were cut off in the original bill metadata provided.

Bill History

2026-05-05 Senate
Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely
2026-04-28 Senate
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
2026-04-24 House
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
2026-04-22 House
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
2026-03-20 House
House Third Reading Re-referred to House Committee of the Whole - No Amendments
2026-03-10 House
House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
2026-03-09 House
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
2026-03-03 House
House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
2026-02-26 House
House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
2026-02-04 House
Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs

Official Summary Text

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; or
At 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 that
The 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.)

Current Bill Text

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Second Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
REENGROSSED
This Version Includes All Amendments
Adopted in the House of Introduction
LLS NO. 26-0072.01 Jed Franklin x5484 HOUSE BILL 26-1130
House Committees Senate Committees
State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs
A BILL FOR AN ACT
CONCERNING BABY DIAPER CHANG ING STATIONS IN RESTROOMS101
ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.102
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov.)
Beginning on July 1, 2027, the b ill 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 generally not open to customers or public visitors (restroom
accessible to the public) to have safe, sanitary, a nd conveni ent baby
diaper changing tables (baby diaper changing station) as follows:
HOUSE
3rd Reading Unamended
April 24, 2026
HOUSE
Amended 2nd Reading
April 22, 2026
HOUSE
Amended 2nd Reading
March 9, 2026
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Story and Jackson, Garcia, Joseph, Lieder, Lindsay, Mabrey, Nguyen, Willford, Zokaie
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Cutter and Jodeh,
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law.
! At least one baby diaper changing station in each
gender-specific restroom on each floor;
! At least one baby diaper changing station in a
non-gendered single-stall restroom on each floor; or
! At 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, 2 027, 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 that the
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
if the building is a certified historic structure.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add article 5.9 to title2
9 as follows:3
ARTICLE 5.94
Baby Diaper Changing Stations in Restrooms Accessible to the5
Public6
9-5.9-101. Definitions.7
AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE 5.9, UNLESS THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE8
REQUIRES:9
(1) "BABY DIAPER CHANGING STATION" MEANS A SAFE, SANITARY,10
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AND CONVENIENT BABY DIAPER CHANGING TABLE.1
(2) "CERTIFIED HISTORIC STRUCTURE" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS2
IN SECTION 9-5.7-102 (2).3
(3) "GENDER-SPECIFIC RESTROOM" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS IN4
SECTION 9-5.7-102 (3).5
(4) "N ON-GENDERED MULTI -STALL RESTROOM" HAS THE SAME6
MEANING AS IN SECTION 9-5.7-102 (5).7
(5) "N ON-GENDERED SINGLE-STALL RESTROOM" HAS THE SAME8
MEANING AS IN SECTION 9-5.7-102 (6).9
(6) " PUBLIC ENTITY" MEANS A STATE DEPARTMENT OR STATE10
AGENCY, STATE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION, AS DEFINED IN11
SECTION 23-18-102 (10), A COUNTY, A CITY AND COUNTY, OR A12
MUNICIPALITY. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE 5.9, A STATE AGENCY DOES13
NOT INCLUDE A BUILDING OWNED AND OPERATED AS AN EDUCATION14
FACILITY MANAGED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OR A SCHOOL15
DISTRICT, CHARTER SCHOOL, OR INSTITUTE CHARTER SCHOOL.16
(7) "R ESTROOM" MEANS A GENDER -SPECIFIC RESTROOM , A17
NON-GENDERED MULTI -STALL RESTROOM , OR A NON -GENDERED18
SINGLE-STALL RESTROOM.19
(8) "RESTROOM ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC" MEANS ANY INDOOR20
RESTROOM THAT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC , INCLUDING TO CUSTOMERS OR21
PUBLIC VISITORS, BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE RESTROOMS PRIMARILY SERVING22
PRIVATE OFFICES OR WORKSPACES OR THAT ARE GENERALLY NOT OPEN TO23
CUSTOMERS OR PUBLIC VISITORS.24
(9) "SMALL BUSINESS" MEANS AN EMPLOYER WITH TWENTY-FIVE25
OR FEWER EMPLOYEES THAT GENERATES NO MORE THAN THREE MILLION26
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ANNUAL GROSS INCOME.27
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9-5.9-102. Restrooms - baby diaper changing stations -1
applicability - enforcement.2
(1) BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2028, THE OWNER OR MANAGER OF A3
BUILDING WITH A RESTROOM ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC SHALL:4
(a) P ROVIDE BABY DIAPER CHANGING STATIONS IN RESTROOMS5
ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AS FOLLOWS:6
(I) A T LEAST ONE BABY DIAPER CHANGING STATION IN ONE7
RESTROOM DESIGNATED FOR EACH GENDER ON EACH FLOOR;8
(II) A T LEAST ONE BABY DIAPER CHANGING STATION IN A9
NON-GENDERED SINGLE-STALL RESTROOM ON EACH FLOOR; OR10
(III) A T LEAST ONE BABY DIAPER CHANGING STATION IN A11
NON-GENDERED MULTI-STALL RESTROOM ON EACH FLOOR; AND12
(b) E NSURE THAT EACH BABY DIAPER CHANGING STATION IS13
CLEANED WITH THE SAME FREQUENCY AS THE RESTROOM IN WHICH IT IS14
LOCATED AND MAINTAINED, REPAIRED, AND REPLACED AS NECESSARY TO15
ENSURE SAFETY AND EASE OF USE.16
17
(2) SUBSECTION (1) OF THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO A18
BUILDING WITH A RESTROOM ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC IF:19
(a) THE INSTALLATION OF A BABY DIAPER CHANGING STATION IN A20
RESTROOM ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC WOULD RESULT IN A FAILURE TO21
COMPLY WITH THE "AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990", 4222
U.S.C. SEC. 12101 ET SEQ., OR OTHER APPLICABLE BUILDING STANDARDS23
GOVERNING THE RIGHT OF ACCESS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES;24
(b) T HE BUILDING IS DESIGNATED AS A CERTIFIED HISTORIC25
STRUCTURE;26
(c) THE BUILDING IS OWNED OR MANAGED BY A PUBLIC ENTITY;27
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(d) THE BUILDING IS OWNED OR MANAGED BY A SMALL BUSINESS1
AND HAS AN OCCUPANCY OF LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE PEOPLE; OR2
(e) A PORTION OF THE BUILDING IS OCCUPIED BY A BUSINESS THAT3
DOES NOT ADMIT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OLD,4
BUT ONLY WITH RESPECT TO THAT PORTION OF THE BUILDING.5
SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act6
takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the7
ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August8
12, 2026, if adjournment sine die is on May 13, 2026); except that, if a9
referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the10
state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act11
within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect12
unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in13
November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the14
official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.15
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