Bill Text: TX SB45 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | 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) 2019-02-01 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB45 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB45-Introduced.html
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By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 45 |
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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 in the Capitol a place, 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 [ |
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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. | ||
(b) A public employer that engages in or contracts for the | ||
construction or renovation of any building open to the public 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 in the | ||
Capitol a place 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 open to the public 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, 2019. |