If Democrats lawmakers in California have their way, large retailers with 500 or more employees will have to remove boy and girl signage for toys and child care aisles.

Assembly Bill 1084 requires large retailers “to maintain undivided areas of its sales floor where the majority of those items being offered are displayed, regardless of whether an item has traditionally been marketed for either girls or for boys.”

The bill forbids the use of signs signaling whether an item or toy is for boys or girls. Online stores with a physical presence in California would be required to label their toys and child care items in a unisex or gender neutral way.

If the bill is passed, it would go in effect on Jan 1, 2024 and could punish retailers with a $1,000 civil penalty for each violation.

The bill is co-authored by Assemblyman Evan Low, who said “As much as I’d like to think of this as watershed legislation, this is something the industry is already doing. We’re just trying to play catch up.”  Low went on further to say this would provide a positive shopping experience without stigma for children.

Not everyone agrees with the Democrat bill.  The California Family Council (CFC) weighed in with a statement, “Assembly Bill 1084 does nothing to advance civil rights—and a lot to undermine the ability of retail stores to manage their own businesses.” The CFC continued, “California doesn’t need additional laws that micromanage and punish businesses. This self-proclaimed civil rights bill actually cheapens the noble intent of the [civil rights] law. It’s one thing to forbid companies from discriminating against people, but quite another to tell them how to market and merchandise sale items with the goal of changing public perceptions of gender roles.”

This piece was written by Ray Dietrich on March 5, 2021. It originally appeared in RedVoiceMedia.com and is used by permission.

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