WAFB Channel 9, Baton Rouge, LA |Louisiana Lawmakers Approve Urinal "Privacy Dividers"
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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Louisiana legislators have approved a resolution calling for "privacy dividers" to be installed at urinals men's public bathrooms.
The resolution does not have the force of law. It will now be up to state health officials to amend Louisiana's plumbing code to require the privacy partitions.
The resolution was sponsored by Democratic state Rep. Mickey Guillory of Eunice. The reason, according to the resolution, is that "sexual offenders, sexually violent predators, and child predators can easily violate the privacy of others using urinals...."
Dr. Jimmy Guidry, the state health officer, told the House Health and Welfare Committee that if the plumbing code were to be altered, the requirement could be added to plans for new buildings, but enforcing it for existing buildings would be expensive and difficult.
If passed, House Concurrent Resolution 4 would amend the state plumbing code.
