 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           897
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  MARTINEZ,  COMRIE,  FERNANDEZ,  JACKSON, PALUMBO,
          RHOADS -- 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.
                                                                   LBD02815-01-5
Relates to nursing employees

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