Bill Text: IA HF177 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to employment policies regarding expression of breast milk.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-22 - Subcommittee reassigned: Upmeyer, Dolecheck and Hunter. H.J. 121. [HF177 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF177-Introduced.html
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
BENNETT
,
HUNTER
,
RUNNING-MARQUARDT
,
KONFRST
,
OLDSON
,
ANDERSON
,
McCONKEY
,
KURTH
,
WINCKLER
,
STAED
,
DONAHUE
,
and
EHLERT
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
employment
policies
regarding
expression
of
1
breast
milk.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
216.6,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
2A.
a.
An
employer
shall
provide
3
reasonable
break
time
for
an
employee
to
express
breast
milk
4
for
the
employee’s
child.
An
employer
shall
provide
a
clean
5
and
sanitary
private
room,
other
than
a
toilet
facility,
which
6
may
be
locked
by
an
employee
while
in
use
and
includes
access
7
to
an
electrical
outlet
for
an
employee
to
express
breast
milk.
8
b.
An
employer
shall
not
pay
wages
to
an
employee
that
are
9
less
than
the
rate
paid
to
other
employees
because
the
employee
10
expresses,
or
asks
the
employer
about
the
ability
to
express,
11
breast
milk
at
work.
12
c.
An
employer
shall
not
discipline,
up
to
and
including
13
termination,
or
retaliate
against
an
employee
whose
work
14
product
or
work
volume
decreases
because
the
employee
uses
15
or
asks
the
employer
about
the
ability
to
use
break
time
to
16
express
breast
milk.
17
EXPLANATION
18
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
19
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
20
This
bill
requires
an
employer
to
provide
reasonable
break
21
time
for
an
employee
to
express
breast
milk
for
the
employee’s
22
child.
The
bill
requires
an
employer
to
provide
a
clean
and
23
sanitary
private
room,
other
than
a
toilet
facility,
which
may
24
be
locked
by
an
employee
while
in
use
and
includes
access
to
an
25
electrical
outlet
for
an
employee
to
express
breast
milk.
26
The
bill
provides
that
an
employer
shall
not
pay
wages
to
an
27
employee
that
are
less
than
the
rate
paid
to
other
employees
28
because
the
employee
expresses,
or
asks
the
employer
about
29
the
ability
to
express,
breast
milk
at
work.
The
bill
also
30
prohibits
an
employer
from
disciplining,
up
to
and
including
31
termination,
or
retaliating
against
an
employee
whose
work
32
product
or
work
volume
decreases
because
the
employee
uses
33
or
asks
the
employer
about
the
ability
to
use
break
time
to
34
express
breast
milk.
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