 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8564
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 14, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
 
        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to nursing employees
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 2 of section 206-c of the
     2  labor law, as added by chapter 672 of the laws of 2022,  is  amended  to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (a)  Upon request of an employee who chooses to express breast milk in
     5  the workplace, an employer shall designate  a  room  or  other  location
     6  which shall be made available for use by such employee to express breast
     7  milk. Such room or other location shall be a place that is: (i) in close
     8  proximity to the work area; (ii) well lit; (iii) shielded from view; and
     9  (iv)  free  from  intrusion  from  other persons in the workplace or the
    10  public. Such room or other location shall provide, at minimum, a  chair,
    11  a working surface, nearby access to clean running water or, upon request
    12  of  an  employee  who chooses to express breast milk in the workplace, a
    13  sink or individual basin designated  for  the  washing  of  breast  pump
    14  attachments,  and,  if  the  workplace  is supplied with electricity, an
    15  electrical outlet. The room or location provided  by  the  employer  for
    16  this purpose shall not be a restroom or toilet stall.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14238-01-4
Relates to nursing employees

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