| Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| May 03, 2022 | returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.521 substituted for a1236a |
| May 03, 2022 | substituted by s4844b |
| Apr 28, 2022 | advanced to third reading cal.521 |
| Apr 25, 2022 | reported |
| Mar 02, 2022 | print number 1236a |
| Mar 02, 2022 | amend (t) and recommit to ways and means |
| Jan 05, 2022 | referred to ways and means |
| Jun 08, 2021 | reported referred to rules |
| May 12, 2021 | reported referred to ways and means |
| Apr 28, 2021 | reported referred to codes |
| Jan 07, 2021 | referred to labor |
Current Bill Status Via S4844 - Passed Senate & Assembly
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Co-Sponsors
Latoya Joyner
Richard Gottfried
Catalina Cruz
Jo Anne Simon
Multi-Sponsors
Chris Tague
A1236 - Details
A1236 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
1236
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 7, 2021
___________
Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, JOYNER, GOTTFRIED, CRUZ, SIMON, BARRON,
EPSTEIN, HYNDMAN, McMAHON, NIOU, SAYEGH, MORINELLO, ASHBY, McDONOUGH
-- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. TAGUE -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to expanding the rights of
nursing mothers to express breast milk
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 206-c of the labor law, as added by chapter 574 of
the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
§ 206-c. Right of nursing mothers to express breast milk. 1. An
employer shall provide reasonable unpaid break time or permit an employ-
ee to use paid break time or meal time [each day] to allow an employee
to express breast milk for her nursing child EACH TIME SUCH EMPLOYEE HAS
REASONABLE NEED TO EXPRESS BREAST MILK for up to three years following
child birth. [The employer shall make reasonable efforts to provide a
room or other location, in close proximity to the work area, where an
employee can express milk in privacy.] No employer shall discriminate in
any way against an employee who chooses to express breast milk in the
work place.
2. (A) UPON REQUEST OF AN EMPLOYEE WHO CHOOSES TO EXPRESS BREAST MILK
IN THE WORKPLACE, AN EMPLOYER SHALL DESIGNATE A ROOM OR OTHER LOCATION
WHICH SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR USE BY SUCH EMPLOYEE TO EXPRESS BREAST
MILK. IF THE SOLE PURPOSE OR FUNCTION OF SUCH ROOM OR OTHER LOCATION IS
NOT DEDICATED FOR USE BY EMPLOYEES TO EXPRESS BREAST MILK, SUCH ROOM OR
OTHER LOCATION SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO SUCH AN EMPLOYEE WHEN NEEDED
AND SHALL NOT BE USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE OR FUNCTION WHILE IN USE BY
SUCH EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYERS SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE TO ALL EMPLOYEES AS SOON
AS PRACTICABLE WHEN SUCH ROOM OR OTHER LOCATION HAS BEEN DESIGNATED FOR
USE BY EMPLOYEES TO EXPRESS BREAST MILK.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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Co-Sponsors
Latoya Joyner
Richard Gottfried
Catalina Cruz
Jo Anne Simon
Multi-Sponsors
Chris Tague
A1236A (ACTIVE) - Details
A1236A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
1236--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 7, 2021
___________
Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, JOYNER, GOTTFRIED, CRUZ, SIMON, EPSTEIN,
HYNDMAN, McMAHON, NIOU, SAYEGH, MORINELLO, ASHBY, McDONOUGH -- Multi-
Sponsored by -- M. of A. TAGUE -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Labor -- recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means
in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to expanding the rights of
nursing employees to express breast milk
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 206-c of the labor law, as added by chapter 574 of
the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
§ 206-c. Right of nursing [mothers] EMPLOYEES to express breast milk.
1. An employer shall provide reasonable unpaid break time or permit an
employee to use paid break time or meal time [each day] to allow an
employee to express breast milk for her nursing child EACH TIME SUCH
EMPLOYEE HAS REASONABLE NEED TO EXPRESS BREAST MILK for up to three
years following child birth. [The employer shall make reasonable efforts
to provide a room or other location, in close proximity to the work
area, where an employee can express milk in privacy.] No employer shall
discriminate in any way against an employee who chooses to express
breast milk in the work place.
2. (A) UPON REQUEST OF AN EMPLOYEE WHO CHOOSES TO EXPRESS BREAST MILK
IN THE WORKPLACE, AN EMPLOYER SHALL DESIGNATE A ROOM OR OTHER LOCATION
WHICH SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR USE BY SUCH EMPLOYEE TO EXPRESS BREAST
MILK. SUCH ROOM OR OTHER LOCATION SHALL BE A PLACE THAT IS: (I) IN CLOSE
PROXIMITY TO THE WORK AREA; (II) WELL LIT; (III) SHIELDED FROM VIEW; AND
(IV) FREE FROM INTRUSION FROM OTHER PERSONS IN THE WORKPLACE OR THE
PUBLIC. SUCH ROOM OR OTHER LOCATION SHALL PROVIDE, AT MINIMUM, A CHAIR,
A WORKING SURFACE, NEARBY ACCESS TO CLEAN RUNNING WATER AND, IF THE
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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