2026 SESSION

INTRODUCED

26104784D

HOUSE BILL NO. 1032

Offered January 14, 2026

Prefiled January 14, 2026

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.

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Patron—Wilt

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Referred to Committee on Transportation

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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. Rest 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, the 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. 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 or constructed on or after July 1, 2026 shall be subject to such requirement.