WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2025 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 2136

By Delegate Holstein

[Introduced February 12, 2025; referred
to the Committee on Government Organization]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new article, designated §16-67-1, relating to requiring public rest areas to provide diaper changing stations in both male and female restrooms.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

article 67. diaper changing stations.

§16-67-1. State-owned rest areas and welcome centers; diaper changing station requirements.

All state-owned rest areas and welcome centers in this state built on or after January 1, 2026, shall provide at least one diaper changing stations in both male and female restrooms.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that state-owned rest areas and welcome centers built on or after January 1, 2026, provide at least one diaper changing stations in both male and female restrooms.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.