88th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026
HF 177: Relating to employment policies regarding expression of breast milk
Died when the session ended · The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
This bill requires an employer to provide reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for the employee’s child. The bill requires an employer to provide a clean and sanitary private room, other than a toilet facility, which may be locked by an employee while in use and includes access to an electrical outlet for an employee to express breast milk. The bill provides that an employer shall not pay wages to an employee that are less than the rate paid to other employees because the employee expresses, or asks the employer about the ability to express, breast milk at work.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
House subcommittee · named January 22, 2020
- Rep. Linda L. Upmeyer (R)
- Rep. Cecil Dolecheck (R)
- Rep. Bruce Hunter (D)
Lobbying · 2 for, 2 against
For: Iowa Professional Fire Fighters; Iowa State Education Association
Against: Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI); National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB /IA)
In plain words
- January 31, 2019Filed in the House and sent to the Labor committee
- February 4, 2019House subcommittee named: Grassley, Dolecheck and Hunter
- January 22, 2020House subcommittee named: Upmeyer, Dolecheck and Hunter
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Wednesday, November 11, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/88/HF177