NY State Senate Bill 2017-S1817C

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 31, 2018	reported and committed to finance
May 21, 2018	print number 1817c
May 21, 2018	amend and recommit to health
May 10, 2018	print number 1817b
May 10, 2018	amend (t) and recommit to health
Jan 03, 2018	referred to health
Jun 13, 2017	print number 1817a
Jun 13, 2017	amend (t) and recommit to health
Jan 11, 2017	referred to health

Votes

- May 31, 2018 - Health Committee Vote
  S1817C
  
  Aye
  
  14
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  2
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Health Committee Vote: May 31, 2018
      
      aye (14)
      
      Felder
      
      Golden
      
      Hannon
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Larkin
      
      Mayer
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      Persaud
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Stavisky
      
      Valesky
      
      nay (1)
      
      Little
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Jacobs
      
      Seward

Bill Amendments

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2017-S1817 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7032
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §2505-b, Pub Health L; add §4-b, Chap 802 of 1947
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S6026, A7989
2019-2020: S1544, A8372
2021-2022: S3866, A7813

2017-S1817 - Summary

Mandates the provision of lactation accommodations in airports.

2017-S1817 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1817

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the public health law, in relation
to mandating the provision of lactation accommodations in airports

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

This bill would require airports to provide a nursing space for
breastfeeding mothers behind the security screening area equipped with
a chair and an electrical outlet away from public view.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

On or before January 1, 2019, requires the airport manager of an
airport operated by a city, county, city and county, or airport
district that conducts commercial operations and that yields more than
1,000,000 enpianements a year, shall provide a room or a separate
designated location at each airport terminal behind the airport
security screening area for members of the public to express breast
milk in private that:

(1) Includes at minimum, a chair and an electrical outlet; and

(2) Is located outside of the confines of a public restroom. Provides
that an airport that conducts commercial operations with fewer than
1,000,000 enpianements a year shall comply with the provisions of the

Act upon new terminal construction or the replacement, expansion, or
renovation of an existing terminal.

 JUSTIFICATION :

One of the greatest struggles for breastfeeding mothers is the lack of
accommodations to express milk and feed their children in public
places. Women have lobbied and fought for years to establish lactation
rooms in their places of employment and public facilities.  Only
recently have states begun to pass laws that help ensure that mothers
have a private place to nurse their children and pump breast milk.

There currently exists a law regarding the rights of breastfeeding
mothers (New York Public Health Law § 2505-a). Specifically, section 3
of that law states that breastfeeding mothers "have the right to
breastfeed your baby in any location, public or private, where you are
otherwise authorized to be."

This bill would expand upon current law, which already provides for
the allowance of breastfeeding in public or private, by seeking to
make New York's airports nursing friendly and to build public
accommodation for breastfeeding mothers.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-16: 5.6026 Reported and Committed to Transportation/ A.7989
Passed Assembly

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined.

 LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION :

This act shall take effect 30 days after enactment.

2017-S1817 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1817
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. KENNEDY, COMRIE, HOYLMAN, KAMINSKY, PARKER, PERALTA,
   PERKINS,  RANZENHOFER  --  read  twice  and  ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  mandating  the
   provision of lactation accommodations in airports

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "lactation
 accommodation in airports act".
   §  2.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2505-b
 to read as follows:
   § 2505-B. PRIVATE PLACE FOR NURSING MOTHERS. 1. ON OR  BEFORE  JANUARY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, THE AIRPORT MANAGER OF AN AIRPORT OPERATED
 BY  A  CITY,  COUNTY, CITY AND COUNTY, OR AIRPORT DISTRICT THAT CONDUCTS
 COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS AND THAT HAS MORE THAN ONE MILLION ENPLANEMENTS  A
 YEAR  SHALL  PROVIDE  A  ROOM OR OTHER LOCATION AT EACH AIRPORT TERMINAL
 BEHIND THE AIRPORT SECURITY SCREENING AREA FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC  TO
 EXPRESS  BREAST  MILK IN PRIVATE THAT MEETS BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDI-
 TIONS:
   (A) INCLUDES, AT A MINIMUM, A CHAIR AND AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET; AND
   (B) IS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE CONFINES OF A PUBLIC RESTROOM.
   2. AN AIRPORT THAT CONDUCTS COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS WITH FEWER THAN  ONE
 MILLION ENPLANEMENTS A YEAR SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVI-
 SIONS  ONE  AND  THREE OF THIS SECTION UPON NEW TERMINAL CONSTRUCTION OR
 THE REPLACEMENT, EXPANSION, OR RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING TERMINAL.
   3. UPON CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TERMINAL OR THE REPLACEMENT,  EXPANSION,
 OR  RENOVATION  OF AN EXISTING TERMINAL, AN AIRPORT SHALL PROVIDE A SINK
 IN ANY ROOM OR OTHER LOCATION DESIGNATED TO COMPLY WITH  THE  PROVISIONS
 OF THIS SECTION.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01014-01-7

 S. 1817                             2
 
   4. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING TERMINAL" MEANS
 THE  REPURPOSING  OF  MORE  THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE SPACE IN THE
 TERMINAL.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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2017-S1817A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7032
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §2505-b, Pub Health L; add §4-b, Chap 802 of 1947
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S6026, A7989
2019-2020: S1544, A8372
2021-2022: S3866, A7813

2017-S1817A - Summary

Mandates the provision of lactation accommodations in airports.

2017-S1817A - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1817A

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the transportation law, in relation
to mandating the provision of lactation accommodations in airports

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

This bill would require airports to provide a nursing space for
breast-feeding mothers behind the security screening area equipped
with a chair and an electrical outlet away from public view.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

On or before January 1, 2019, requires the airport manager of an
airport operated by a city, county, city and county, or airport
district that conducts commercial operations and that yields more than
1,000,000 enpianements a year, shall provide a room or a separate
designated location at each airport terminal behind the airport
security screening area for members of the public to express breast
milk in private that:

(1) Includes at minimum, a chair and an electrical outlet; and

(2) Is located outside of the confines of a public restroom. Provides
that an airport that conducts commercial operations with fewer than
1,000,000 enpianements a year shall comply with the provisions of the

Act upon new terminal construction or the replacement, expansion, or
renovation of an existing terminal.

 JUSTIFICATION :

One of the greatest struggles for breastfeeding mothers is the lack of
accommodations to express milk and feed their children in public
places. Women have lobbied and fought for years to establish lactation
rooms in their places of employment and public facilities.  Only
recently have states begun to pass laws that help ensure that mothers
have a private place to nurse their children and pump breast milk.

There currently exists a law regarding the rights of breastfeeding
mothers (New York Public Health Law § 2505-a). Specifically, section 3
of that law states that breastfeeding mothers "have the right to
breastfeed your baby in any location, public or private, where you are
otherwise authorized to be."

This bill would expand upon current law, which already provides for
the allowance of breastfeeding in public or private, by seeking to
make New York's airports nursing friendly and to build public
accommodation for breastfeeding mothers.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-16: S.6026 Reported and Committed to Transportation/ A.7989
Passed Assembly

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined.

 LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION :

This act shall take effect 38 days after enactment.

2017-S1817A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1817--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. KENNEDY, COMRIE, HOYLMAN, KAMINSKY, PARKER, PERALTA,
   RANZENHOFER,  SQUADRON  --  read  twice  and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Health  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the transportation law, in relation to mandating the
   provision of lactation accommodations in airports
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "lactation
 accommodation in airports act".
   § 2. The transportation law is amended by adding a new section 14-n to
 read as follows:
   § 14-N. AIRPORT LACTATION ACCOMMODATION FOR NURSING MOTHERS. 1.  ON OR
 BEFORE JUNE FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, THE TERMINAL  OPERATOR  OF  AN
 AIRPORT  OWNED  OR  OPERATED BY A BI-STATE AUTHORITY, AIRPORT AUTHORITY,
 CITY OR COUNTY THAT HAS SCHEDULED PASSENGER SERVICE AND  THAT  HAS  MORE
 THAN  ONE  MILLION  ENPLANEMENTS  PER YEAR SHALL PROVIDE A ROOM OR OTHER
 FACILITY AT EACH AIRPORT TERMINAL FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC  TO  EXPRESS
 BREAST MILK IN PRIVATE THAT MEETS THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
   (A) INCLUDES, AT A MINIMUM, A CHAIR AND AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET;
   (B) IS SEPARATE FROM A PUBLIC RESTROOM'S FACILITIES;
   (C) IS LOCATED BEHIND THE AIRPORT SECURITY SCREENING AREA; AND
   (D)  IS  AVAILABLE AT MINIMUM DURING TIMES WHEN THE SECURITY SCREENING
 AREA IS IN SERVICE.
   2. AN AIRPORT, AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS  SECTION,  THAT
 HAS  FEWER  THAN  ONE  MILLION ENPLANEMENTS A YEAR BUT NOT LESS THAN TWO
 HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND ENPLANEMENTS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS  OF
 SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF THIS SECTION ONLY UPON NEW TERMINAL CONSTRUCTION OR
 UPON THE REPLACEMENT, EXPANSION OR RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING TERMINAL.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01014-08-7

 S. 1817--A                          2
 
   3. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "EXPANSION OR RENOVATION  OF  AN  EXISTING
 TERMINAL"  SHALL  MEAN THE INCREASE IN SQUARE FOOTAGE BY MORE THAN FIFTY
 PERCENT OF THE CURRENT SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE EXISTING TERMINAL.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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2017-S1817B - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7032
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §2505-b, Pub Health L; add §4-b, Chap 802 of 1947
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S6026, A7989
2019-2020: S1544, A8372
2021-2022: S3866, A7813

2017-S1817B - Summary

Mandates the provision of lactation accommodations in airports.

2017-S1817B - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S1817B

SPONSOR: KENNEDY
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public health law and chapter 802
of the laws of 1947 relating to facilitating the financing and effectua-
tion of air terminals by the Port of New York Authority, in relation to
requiring certain lactation accommodations in airports

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill would require airports to provide a nursing space for breast-
feeding mothers behind the security screening area equipped with a chair
and an electrical outlet away from public view.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

On or before January 1, 2019, requires the airport manager of an airport
operated by a city, county, city and county, or airport district that
conducts commercial operations and that that conducts commercial oper-
ations with fewer than 1,000,000 but more than 10,000 passengers a year,
shall provide a room or a separate designated location at each airport

terminal behind the airport security screening area for members of the
public to express breast milk in private that:

(1) Includes at minimum, a chair and an electrical outlet; and

(2) Is located outside of the confines of a public restroom. Provides
that an airport that conducts commercial operations with fewer than
1,000,000 enplanements a year shall comply with the provisions of the
Act upon new terminal construction or the replacement, expansion, or
renovation of an existing terminal.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

One of the greatest struggles for breastfeeding mothers is the lack of
accommodations to express milk and feed their children in public places.
Women have lobbied and fought for years to establish lactation rooms in
their places of employment and public facilities.  Only recently have
states begun to pass laws that help ensure that mothers have a private
place to nurse their children and pump breast milk.

There currently exists a law regarding the rights of breastfeeding moth-
ers (New York Public Health Law § 2505-a). Specifically, section 3 of
that law states that breastfeeding mothers "have the right to breastfeed
your baby in any location, public or private, where you are otherwise
authorized to be."

This bill would expand upon current law, which already provides for the
allowance of breastfeeding in public or private, by seeking to make New
York's airports nursing friendly and to build public accommodation for
breastfeeding mothers.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2015-16: 5.6026 Reported and Committed to Transportation/ A.7989 Passed
Assembly

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION:

This act shall take effect 30 days after enactment.

2017-S1817B - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1817--B
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. KENNEDY, COMRIE, HOYLMAN, KAMINSKY, PARKER, PERALTA,
   RANZENHOFER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
   committed to the Committee on Health  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee -- recommitted to the  Committee  on  Health  in  accordance  with
   Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and chapter 802  of  the  laws  of
   1947  relating  to  facilitating the financing and effectuation of air
   terminals by the Port of New York Authority, in relation to  requiring
   certain lactation accommodations in airports
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "lactation
 accommodation in airports act".
   §  2.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2505-b
 to read as follows:
   § 2505-B. LACTATION ACCOMMODATIONS IN AIRPORTS. 1. THE AIRPORT MANAGER
 OF A COMMERCIAL SERVICE AIRPORT OPERATED BY A  COUNTY,  CITY,  TOWN,  OR
 VILLAGE THAT HAS ONE MILLION OR MORE ENPLANEMENTS A YEAR SHALL PROVIDE A
 ROOM  OR  OTHER  LOCATION  AT EACH AIRPORT PASSENGER TERMINAL BEHIND THE
 AIRPORT SECURITY SCREENING AREA FOR MEMBERS OF  THE  PUBLIC  TO  EXPRESS
 BREAST MILK IN PRIVATE THAT MEETS THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
   (A) INCLUDES, AT A MINIMUM, A CHAIR AND AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET;
   (B) IS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE CONFINES OF A PUBLIC RESTROOM; AND
   (C)  UPON  COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PASSENGER TERMINAL,
 OR THE REPLACEMENT, EXPANSION, OR RENOVATION OF  AN  EXISTING  PASSENGER
 TERMINAL, INCLUDES A SINK.
   2.  THE  AIRPORT MANAGER OF A COMMERCIAL SERVICE AIRPORT OPERATED BY A
 COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE THAT HAS FEWER THAN ONE MILLION, BUT MORE
 THAN TEN THOUSAND ENPLANEMENTS A YEAR  SHALL,  UPON  COMPLETION  OF  THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD01014-10-8

 S. 1817--B                          2
 
 CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PASSENGER TERMINAL, OR THE REPLACEMENT, EXPANSION,
 OR RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING PASSENGER TERMINAL, PROVIDE A ROOM OR OTHER
 LOCATION  AT EACH AIRPORT PASSENGER TERMINAL BEHIND THE AIRPORT SECURITY
 SCREENING  AREA  FOR  MEMBERS  OF  THE  PUBLIC TO EXPRESS BREAST MILK IN
 PRIVATE THAT MEETS THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
   (A) INCLUDES, AT A MINIMUM, A CHAIR, A SINK, AND AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET;
 AND
   (B) IS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE CONFINES OF A PUBLIC RESTROOM.
   3. AS USED IN THIS  SECTION,  "RENOVATION  OF  AN  EXISTING  PASSENGER
 TERMINAL"  MEANS THE REPURPOSING OF MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE
 SPACE IN THE PASSENGER TERMINAL.
   § 3. Chapter 802 of the laws of  1947  relating  to  facilitating  the
 financing  and  effectuation  of  air  terminals by the Port of New York
 Authority is amended by adding a new section 4-b to read as follows:
   § 4-B. LACTATION ACCOMMODATIONS IN AIRPORTS. 1.    ANY  AIRPORT  MAIN-
 TAINED  OR  OPERATED  BY THE PORT AUTHORITY THAT HAS ONE MILLION OR MORE
 ENPLANEMENTS A YEAR SHALL PROVIDE A  ROOM  OR  OTHER  LOCATION  AT  EACH
 AIRPORT  PASSENGER  TERMINAL BEHIND THE TERMINAL SECURITY SCREENING AREA
 FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO EXPRESS BREAST MILK IN PRIVATE  THAT  MEETS
 THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
   (A) INCLUDES, AT A MINIMUM, A CHAIR AND AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET;
   (B) IS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE CONFINES OF A PUBLIC RESTROOM; AND
   (C)  UPON  COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PASSENGER TERMINAL,
 OR THE REPLACEMENT, EXPANSION, OR RENOVATION OF  AN  EXISTING  PASSENGER
 TERMINAL, INCLUDES A SINK.
   2.  ANY  AIRPORT MAINTAINED OR OPERATED BY THE PORT AUTHORITY THAT HAS
 FEWER THAN ONE MILLION BUT MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND  ENPLANEMENTS  A  YEAR
 SHALL,  UPON COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PASSENGER TERMINAL,
 OR THE REPLACEMENT, EXPANSION, OR RENOVATION OF  AN  EXISTING  PASSENGER
 TERMINAL,  PROVIDE  A  ROOM  OR OTHER LOCATION AT EACH AIRPORT PASSENGER
 TERMINAL BEHIND THE TERMINAL SECURITY SCREENING AREA FOR MEMBERS OF  THE
 PUBLIC TO EXPRESS BREAST MILK IN PRIVATE THAT MEETS THE FOLLOWING CONDI-
 TIONS:
   (A) INCLUDES, AT A MINIMUM, A CHAIR, A SINK, AND AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET;
 AND
   (B) IS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE CONFINES OF A PUBLIC RESTROOM.
   3.  AS  USED  IN  THIS  SECTION,  "RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING PASSENGER
 TERMINAL" MEANS THE REPURPOSING OF MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF  THE
 SPACE IN THE PASSENGER TERMINAL.
   §  4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become  a  law,  provided,  however,
 section  three of this act shall take effect upon the enactment into law
 by the state of New Jersey of legislation  having  an  identical  effect
 with  this act but if the state of New Jersey shall have already enacted
 such legislation, then this  act  shall  take  effect  immediately.  The
 chairperson  of  the  port  authority  shall notify the legislative bill
 drafting commission upon the enactment into law of such  legislation  by
 both  such  states in order that the commission may maintain an accurate
 and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws  of  the
 state  of New York in furtherance of effecting the provisions of section
 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.

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2017-S1817C (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7032
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §2505-b, Pub Health L; add §4-b, Chap 802 of 1947
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S6026, A7989
2019-2020: S1544, A8372
2021-2022: S3866, A7813

2017-S1817C (ACTIVE) - Summary

Mandates the provision of lactation accommodations in airports.

2017-S1817C (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S1817C

SPONSOR: KENNEDY
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public health law and chapter 802
of the laws of 1947 relating to facilitating the financing and effectua-
tion of air terminals by the Port of New York Authority, in relation to
requiring certain lactation accommodations in airports

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill would require airports to provide a nursing space for breast-
feeding mothers behind the security screening area equipped with a chair
and an electrical outlet away from public view.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 states that this act shall be known and may be cited as the
"lactation accommodation in airports act".

Section 2 amends the public health law by adding a new section 2505-b,
titled "lactation accommodations in airports". This section outlines the

requirements of commercial service airports in regards to providing
lactation accommodations.

Section 3 amends Chapter 802 of the laws of 1947, which outlines the
lactation accommodations an airport operated by the Port Authority is
required to provide.

Section 4 is the enacting clause.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

One of the greatest struggles for breastfeeding mothers is the lack of
accommodations to express milk and feed their children in public places.
Women have lobbied and fought for years to establish lactation rooms in
their places of employment and public facilities.  Only recently have
states begun to pass laws that help ensure that mothers have a private
place to nurse their children and pump breast milk.

There currently exists a law regarding the rights of breastfeeding moth-
ers (New York Public Health Law § 2505-a). Specifically, section 3 of
that law states that breastfeeding mothers "have the right to breastfeed
your baby in any location, public or private, where you are otherwise
authorized to be."

This bill would expand upon current law, which already provides for the
allowance of breastfeeding in public or private, by seeking to make New
York's airports nursing friendly and to build public accommodation for
breastfeeding mothers.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2015-16: S.6026 Reported and Committed to Transportation/ A.7989 Passed
Assembly

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION:

This act shall take effect 30 days after enactment.

2017-S1817C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1817--C
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. KENNEDY, COMRIE, HOYLMAN, KAMINSKY, PARKER, PERALTA,
   RANZENHOFER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
   committed to the Committee on Health  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee -- recommitted to the  Committee  on  Health  in  accordance  with
   Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  committee  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law and chapter 802 of the laws of
   1947 relating to facilitating the financing and  effectuation  of  air
   terminals  by the Port of New York Authority, in relation to requiring
   certain lactation accommodations in airports
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "lactation
 accommodation in airports act".
   § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  2505-b
 to read as follows:
   § 2505-B. LACTATION ACCOMMODATIONS IN AIRPORTS. 1. THE TERMINAL OPERA-
 TOR OF A COMMERCIAL SERVICE AIRPORT OWNED OR OPERATED BY A COUNTY, CITY,
 TOWN,  VILLAGE, OR STATE OR LOCAL AUTHORITY THAT HAS ONE MILLION OR MORE
 ENPLANEMENTS A YEAR SHALL PROVIDE A  ROOM  OR  OTHER  LOCATION  AT  EACH
 AIRPORT  PASSENGER  TERMINAL  BEHIND THE AIRPORT SECURITY SCREENING AREA
 FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO EXPRESS BREAST MILK IN PRIVATE  THAT  MEETS
 THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
   (A) INCLUDES, AT A MINIMUM, A CHAIR AND AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET;
   (B) IS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE CONFINES OF A PUBLIC RESTROOM; AND
   (C)  UPON  COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PASSENGER TERMINAL,
 OR THE REPLACEMENT, EXPANSION, OR RENOVATION OF  AN  EXISTING  PASSENGER
 TERMINAL, INCLUDES A SINK.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD01014-12-8

 S. 1817--C                          2
 
   2.  THE  TERMINAL  OPERATOR  OF  A COMMERCIAL SERVICE AIRPORT OWNED OR
 OPERATED BY A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE, OR STATE OR  LOCAL  AUTHORITY
 THAT HAS FEWER THAN ONE MILLION, BUT MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND ENPLANEMENTS
 A  YEAR  SHALL,  UPON  COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PASSENGER
 TERMINAL,  OR  THE  REPLACEMENT, EXPANSION, OR RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING
 PASSENGER TERMINAL, PROVIDE A ROOM OR OTHER  LOCATION  AT  EACH  AIRPORT
 PASSENGER  TERMINAL  BEHIND  THE  AIRPORT  SECURITY  SCREENING  AREA FOR
 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO EXPRESS BREAST MILK IN PRIVATE THAT  MEETS  THE
 FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
   (A) INCLUDES, AT A MINIMUM, A CHAIR, A SINK, AND AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET;
 AND
   (B) IS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE CONFINES OF A PUBLIC RESTROOM.
   3.  AS  USED  IN  THIS  SECTION,  "RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING PASSENGER
 TERMINAL" MEANS THE REPURPOSING OF MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF  THE
 SPACE IN THE PASSENGER TERMINAL.
   §  3.  Chapter  802  of  the laws of 1947 relating to facilitating the
 financing and effectuation of air terminals by  the  Port  of  New  York
 Authority is amended by adding a new section 4-b to read as follows:
   §  4-B.  LACTATION  ACCOMMODATIONS IN AIRPORTS. 1.   ANY AIRPORT MAIN-
 TAINED OR OPERATED BY THE PORT AUTHORITY THAT HAS ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE
 ENPLANEMENTS  A  YEAR  SHALL  PROVIDE  A  ROOM OR OTHER LOCATION AT EACH
 AIRPORT PASSENGER TERMINAL BEHIND THE TERMINAL SECURITY  SCREENING  AREA
 FOR  MEMBERS  OF THE PUBLIC TO EXPRESS BREAST MILK IN PRIVATE THAT MEETS
 THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
   (A) INCLUDES, AT A MINIMUM, A CHAIR AND AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET;
   (B) IS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE CONFINES OF A PUBLIC RESTROOM; AND
   (C) UPON COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW  PASSENGER  TERMINAL,
 OR  THE  REPLACEMENT,  EXPANSION, OR RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING PASSENGER
 TERMINAL, INCLUDES A SINK.
   2. ANY AIRPORT MAINTAINED OR OPERATED BY THE PORT AUTHORITY  THAT  HAS
 FEWER  THAN  ONE  MILLION BUT MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND ENPLANEMENTS A YEAR
 SHALL, UPON COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PASSENGER  TERMINAL,
 OR  THE  REPLACEMENT,  EXPANSION, OR RENOVATION OF AN EXISTING PASSENGER
 TERMINAL, PROVIDE A ROOM OR OTHER LOCATION  AT  EACH  AIRPORT  PASSENGER
 TERMINAL  BEHIND THE TERMINAL SECURITY SCREENING AREA FOR MEMBERS OF THE
 PUBLIC TO EXPRESS BREAST MILK IN PRIVATE THAT MEETS THE FOLLOWING CONDI-
 TIONS:
   (A) INCLUDES, AT A MINIMUM, A CHAIR, A SINK, AND AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET;
 AND
   (B) IS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE CONFINES OF A PUBLIC RESTROOM.
   3. AS USED IN THIS  SECTION,  "RENOVATION  OF  AN  EXISTING  PASSENGER
 TERMINAL"  MEANS THE REPURPOSING OF MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE
 SPACE IN THE PASSENGER TERMINAL.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing  the  date  on  which it shall have become a law, provided, however,
 section three of this act shall take effect upon the enactment into  law
 by  the  state  of  New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect
 with this act but if the state of New Jersey shall have already  enacted
 such  legislation,  then  this  act  shall  take effect immediately. The
 chairperson of the port authority  shall  notify  the  legislative  bill
 drafting  commission  upon the enactment into law of such legislation by
 both such states in order that the commission may maintain  an  accurate
 and  timely  effective data base of the official text of the laws of the
 state of New York in furtherance of effecting the provisions of  section
 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.

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