Bill Text: TX SB279 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 279 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the expression of breast milk in the Capitol and other public buildings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-30 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB279 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB279-Introduced.html

	85R4201 YDB-D

	By: Zaffirini	S.B. No. 279



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the expression of breast milk in the Capitol and other
	public buildings.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Chapter 443, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Section 443.0134 to read as follows:
	Sec. 443.0134. PLACE TO EXPRESS BREAST MILK. The board
	shall provide a place in the Capitol, other than a bathroom, that is
	shielded from view and free from intrusion of any person where a
	member of the public or an employee can express breast milk.
	SECTION 2. Section 619.004, Government Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 619.004. PUBLIC EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITIES. (a) 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 [~~multiple user~~]
	bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from
	other employees and the public where the employee can express
	breast milk.
	(b) A public employer that engages in or contracts for the
	construction or renovation of any building in which the public
	employer is housed shall ensure that the building includes a
	publicly accessible place, other than a bathroom, that is shielded
	from view and free from intrusion of another person where a member
	of the public can express breast milk.
	SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date
	of this Act, the State Preservation Board shall establish a place in
	the Capitol for a person to express breast milk as required by
	Section 443.0134, Government Code, as added by this Act.
	SECTION 4. Section 619.004(b), Government Code, as added by
	this Act, applies only to the construction or renovation of a
	building in which a public employer is housed that begins on or
	after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.