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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri House Bill 2314 restricts public restrooms by sex and sets civil suit damage caps
Last action · May 15, 2026: Referred: Emerging Issues(H)Sponsor: Deanna Self
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What This Bill Would Do
Missouri HB 2314 prohibits public accommodations from designating mixed-sex changing rooms or restrooms and restricts individuals from using facilities designated for the opposite sex. The bill also clarifies public access and confidentiality rules for discrimination complaints filed with the state commission and establishes statutory damage caps for civil lawsuits alleging unlawful discrimination.
Places of public accommodation and membership-based businesses must alter restroom and changing room access policies, while individuals filing discrimination complaints face modified confidentiality rules and tiered damage caps in civil litigation.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
places of public accommodation
Must ensure restroom and changing room facilities comply with single-sex designation rules and family restroom exceptions.
membership-based businesses
Subject to public accommodation rules regardless of collecting membership fees or dues from users.
complainants alleging unlawful discrimination
Subject to revised public access and confidentiality rules for investigation records and tiered civil damage caps.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does the bill require for public restrooms and changing rooms?
Are membership clubs exempt from these restroom rules?
What are the damage caps for discrimination civil actions?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
4 actions- May 15, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred: Emerging Issues(H)
- Jan 8, 2026HouseFloorRead Second Time (H)
- Jan 7, 2026HouseIntroducedRead First Time (H)
- Dec 9, 2025HouseIntroducedPrefiled (H)
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Codification of Facility Definitions
The bill introduces specific statutory definitions for changing rooms, family restrooms, and sex based on original birth certificates for public accommodation rules.
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Sources
house.mo.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance75How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy85Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz60Current news / social attention level
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