An Act To Amend the Application of the Maine Human Rights Act Regarding Public Accommodations

Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §4592,  as amended by PL 2007, c. 664, §§5 to 7, is further amended by adding at the end a new paragraph to read:

It is not unlawful public accommodations discrimination, in violation of this Act, for a public or private entity to restrict rest room or shower facilities that are part of a public accommodation to the use of single-sex facilities to members of a biological sex regardless of sexual orientation. Unless otherwise indicated, a rest room or shower facility designated for one biological sex is presumed to be restricted to that biological sex.

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This bill provides that it is not unlawful public accommodations discrimination, in violation of the Maine Human Rights Act, for a public or private entity to restrict rest room or shower facilities that are part of public accommodations to restrict the use of single-sex facilities to members of a biological sex regardless of sexual orientation. Unless otherwise indicated, a rest room or shower facility designated for one biological sex is presumed to be restricted to that biological sex.