Kentucky Senate Bill 49 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-08 - to Health & Welfare (S)
Pending: Senate Health and Welfare Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 211.755 to establish that a mother breast-feeding a child or expressing milk in any location, public or private, where the mother and child are otherwise authorized to be shall report any violations to the local health department, independent health department, or county health department, having jurisdiction for the county in which the violation occurred; require the local health department, independent health department, or county health department to conduct an investigation of any reported violation; amend KRS 211.990 to establish a fine of $500 for the first offense and $1,000 for each subsequent offense for any person or municipality that violates KRS 211.755(2) or (3).

AN ACT relating to breast-feeding.

Sen. Reginald Thomas [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	Senate	to Health & Welfare (S)
2019-01-08	Senate	introduced in Senate
2018-12-03	Senate	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/sb49.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/sb49/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/19RS/sb49/LM.pdf