California retailers that refuse to have a gender-neutral section for children will be fined up to $500 under Gavin Newsom’s new bill.
The ultra-woke governor signed legislation in 2021 that would require some retail stores in the Golden State to have a gender-neutral section for children.
Retailers would have to do this ‘regardless of whether they have been traditionally marketed for either girls or for boys,’ the bill said.
The legislation, Assembly Bill No. 10584, will be enacted on January 1, 2024, and if retail department stores choose not to comply, they will have to dish out a civil penalty of $250 or $500.
Department stores that are subject to the new laws will have to have a total of 500 or more employees, be physically located in California and sell ‘childcare items or toys’.
According to the bill, ‘childcare items’ refer to any product that is designed to facilitate sleep, feeding children, relaxation, or ‘to help children with sucking or teething’.
The age range of the ‘children’ that the legislation refers to is 12 years of age and under.
‘Toys’ were defined as a product designed or intended to be used by children by the manufacturer.
Californian Democratic Congressman Evan Low backed the bill to the Associated Press
‘We need to stop stigmatizing what’s acceptable for certain genders and just let kids be kids,’ he said.
‘My hope is this bill encourages more businesses across California and the U.S. to avoid reinforcing harmful and outdated stereotypes,’ Low said.
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