CA GOP Assemblymember and CA Family Council introduce bathroom bill legislation; single occupancy bathrooms will remain gender neutral

AB 1998 introduced on February 17, 2026is authored by California Assemblymember Leticia Castillo who represents the District 58 and is a Republican.

The proposed legislation would define sexin state law as biological and immutable — male or female — and require private facilities such as bathrooms, locker rooms, dressing rooms and showers to be separated accordingly in spaces where individuals typically undress or expect privacy from the opposite sex. Single-occupancy bathrooms will remain gender-neutral. This effort is being backed by the conservative California Family Council.

No other local media has reported on it but I am sure they will follow up on it now or run a cookie cutter California column.