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Relating to expressing breast milk in public places
Sponsored by the House Health and Human Services Committee
Topics:Civil rightsHealth care
Same legislation: HSB 644
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 31, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 31, 2024
- Done: House committeeFebruary 12, 2024
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Women will be allowed to pump or express breast milk in any public place where they are normally allowed to be. This rule applies even if other laws exist that might otherwise restrict such actions.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to expressing breast milk in a public place. The bill provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in addition to a woman being authorized to breast-feed the woman’s own child, a woman may express breast milk, in any public place where the woman’s presence is otherwise authorized. The bill defines “express breast milk” for the purposes of the bill.
Why it matters. Women would be allowed to express breast milk in any public place where they are otherwise permitted to be. This change applies to any person in a public setting and does not change existing laws regarding breastfeeding.2
House subcommittee
Named January 31, 2024 (as HSB 644). On February 6, 2024 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
1 written public comment to its subcommittee: February 6, 2024 (1) · on the Legislature’s site
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