Rest areas and welcome centers; Department of Transportation to provide adult changing stations.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on the timeline for installations if renovations are not planned.

Rest Areas and Welcome Centers; Adult Changing Stations

This bill requires the Virginia Department of Transportation to provide adult changing stations at rest areas on interstate highways and welcome centers operated by the Virginia Tourism Authority.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Department of Transportation to provide at least one adult changing station at all rest areas on interstate highways and welcome centers run by the Virginia Tourism Authority.
• Specifies that these stations can be placed either in a single-stall family restroom or separately in both men's and women's restrooms.
• Allows the Department to install, retrofit, or renovate existing facilities to meet this requirement during other renovations.
• Requires adult changing stations to include an assistive table that meets specific standards.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who use rest areas on interstate highways in Virginia.
• Visitors at welcome centers operated by the Virginia Tourism Authority.

Terms To Know

Adult changing station

A designated area, room, or stall with walls and doors that can be locked for privacy where a person can change clothes.

IAPMO Z1390-2024 Standard

A standard that sets requirements for assistive tables used in adult changing stations.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify when the Department of Transportation must complete installations if renovations are not planned.
• Rest areas and welcome centers opened or constructed after July 1, 2026, will have to meet this requirement immediately.

Official Summary Text

Department of Transportation; rest areas and welcome centers; adult changing stations.
Requires the Department of Transportation to provide at least one adult changing station at all rest areas on interstate highways and welcome centers operated by the Virginia Tourism Authority in the Commonwealth, with such changing station being either (i) in a single-stall family restroom or (ii) one adult changing station in both the men's and women's restrooms, and provides that such requirement may be satisfied by retrofitting or renovating existing restroom facilities or family restrooms. The bill provides that the Department of Transportation is not required to complete the installation, retrofitting, or provision of such an adult changing station at existing rest areas and welcome centers prior to such a time at which other renovations to such a rest area or welcome center are conducted.

Current Bill Text

HOUSE BILL NO. 1032

AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE

(Proposed by the House Committee on Transportation

on ________________)

(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Wilt)

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
33.2-267.2
, relating to Department of Transportation; rest areas and welcome centers; adult changing stations.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered
33.2-267.2
as follows:

§
33.2-267
.
2
.
R
est areas and welcome centers
;
adult changing stations
.

The Department shall
provide
at least one adult changing station

at all rest areas
on interstate highways
and welcome centers
operated by the Virginia Tourism Authority

in the Commonwealth.
Such changing station shall be either
(i)
in
a single-stall family restroom or
(ii)
one adult changing station in
both the men's and women's restrooms.

In meeting such requirement, t
he Department may retrofit
or renovate
existing restroom facilities
or
existing
family restrooms provided pursuant
to §
33.2-267
and shall install any necessary signage to identify such adult

changing stations
.
Such adult changing station shall include an
assistive
table that complies with
the requirements of
the IAPMO Z1390
-2024
Standard for
A
ssistive Tables
.
For purposes of this section, "adult changing station"
means a designated area
, room, or stall
separated by
walls, doors, or other barriers capable of being locked
in which a person may change clothes
in private.

The provisions of this section shall not be construed to require the Department to complete the installation, retrofitting, or
provision of such
an
adult changing station

prior to
such a time at which
other renovations
to such a rest area or welcome center
are conducted
, except that such rest areas and welcome centers opened o
r constructed on or after July 1, 2026
,
shall be subject to such requirement
.