Bill Text: TX SB284 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the requirement that a public employer provide a place for employees to express breast milk.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-15 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB284 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB284-Introduced.html
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By: Eckhardt | S.B. No. 284 |
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relating to the requirement that a public employer provide a place | ||
for employees to express breast milk. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 619.004, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 619.004. PUBLIC EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITIES. A public | ||
employer shall: | ||
(1) provide a reasonable amount of break time for an | ||
employee to express breast milk each time the employee has need to | ||
express the milk; and | ||
(2) provide a place, other than a [ |
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bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from | ||
other employees and the public where the employee can express | ||
breast milk. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |