Bill Text: NY A02100 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Grants public access to employer lactation rooms under certain circumstances.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-15 - referred to labor [A02100 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A02100-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          2100

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 15, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. FORREST -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Labor

        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to granting public access  to
          employer lactation rooms

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 206-c of the labor law is amended by adding  a  new
     2  subdivision 5 to read as follows:
     3    5.  A  workplace which has designated a room or other location for use
     4  by employees to express breast milk pursuant to subdivision two of  this
     5  section  shall  make such room or other location available to members of
     6  the public to breastfeed or express breast milk upon request if:
     7    (a) There is no covered public building containing  a  lactation  room
     8  pursuant to section one hundred forty-four of the public buildings with-
     9  in a one-half mile radius; and
    10    (b) Such room or other location is not currently in use by an employee
    11  or likely to be in use by an employee within the next hour; and
    12    (c)  The  request is made at a workplace that is open to the public at
    13  the time of the request and the request is made at least one hour before
    14  such workplace's closing time; and
    15    (d) Such room or location is not in use at  the  time  for  any  other
    16  purpose or function pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision two of this
    17  section; and
    18    (e)  Complying  with  such  request  will not impose undue hardship or
    19  significant risk to the wellbeing of the employer, the employees, or the
    20  normal operations of business.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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