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type: "Bill"
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title: "Baby changing facilities; DGS to implement in public buildings."
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description: "Department of General Services; baby changingfacilities in restrooms located in public buildings. Directsthe Director of the Department of General Services to develop andimplement policies that require every restroom designated for publicuse in any public building on property that is owned, leased, orcontrolled by the Commonwealth to be equipped with baby changing facilities that are physically safe, sanitary, and appropriate. The bill defines \"baby changing facility\" to mean a table or other device suitablefor changing the diaper of a child age three or younger."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 587"
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citation: "Virginia HB 587 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth R. Guzman"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2020-01-06"
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last_action: "2020-03-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b67f315-deac-4176-9147-ee87e375db26"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB587"
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source_hash: "8cc83f5c7b629e02b10cdcec166067e3155b76ea903a76f0e5d5461f97d58615"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 587 (2020) — Baby changing facilities; DGS to implement in public buildings.
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Department of General Services; baby changingfacilities in restrooms located in public buildings. Directsthe Director of the Department of General Services to develop andimplement policies that require every restroom designated for publicuse in any public building on property that is owned, leased, orcontrolled by the Commonwealth to be equipped with baby changing facilities that are physically safe, sanitary, and appropriate. The bill defines "baby changing facility" to mean a table or other device suitablefor changing the diaper of a child age three or younger.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0049)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0049)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB587ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB587ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB587)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB587)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB587H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB587H1)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) — **5–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 0-N) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Elizabeth R. Guzman — primary (person)
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- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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- Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100074D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-17** Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB587)
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- **2020-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-21** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
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- **2020-01-23** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-01-23** Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-23** Committee substitute printed 20106495D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-23** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-24** Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB587H1)
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- **2020-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-29** Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 20106495D-H1
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- **2020-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB587H1
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- **2020-02-04** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-04** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-12** Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-19** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB587ER)
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- **2020-02-19** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-20** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-24** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
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- **2020-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
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- **2020-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 49 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b67f315-deac-4176-9147-ee87e375db26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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