Bills › 91st General Assembly
Requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees based on pregnancy or childbirth and making penalties applicable
Sponsored by Rep. Jerome Amos Jr. (D), Rep. Sean Bagniewski (D), Rep. Jeff Cooling (D), Rep. Ken Croken (D), Rep. Tracy A. Ehlert (D), Rep. Lindsay James (D), Rep. Rob Johnson (D), Rep. Jennifer Konfrst (D), Rep. Bob Kressig (D), Rep. Elinor A. Levin (D), Rep. Mary Lee Madison (D), Rep. Heather Matson (D), Rep. Brian Meyer (D), Rep. Amy Nielsen (D), Rep. Rick L. Olson (D), Rep. J.D. Scholten (D), Rep. Dr. Megan L. Srinivas (D), Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D), Rep. Ross Wilburn (D), Rep. Adam Zabner (D)
Topics:Civil rightsJobs & workers
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 28, 2025
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, 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 If an employee asks for help due to a medical condition from pregnancy or childbirth, their employer must provide reasonable accommodations like modified schedules or special equipment. These changes must be supported by a healthcare provider and cannot cause an unfair hardship for the business. Employers who refuse to provide these accommodations could face penalties for discrimination.1
Read the official explanation
This bill requires an employer to provide reasonable accommodations to an employee based on medical conditions related to the employee’s pregnancy or childbirth if the employee requests reasonable accommodations with the advice of the employee’s health care provider. Penalty provisions for discriminatory employment practices are made applicable to a failure to provide such reasonable accommodations to an employee. The bill defines “reasonable accommodations” as actions which would permit an employee with a medical condition relating to the employee’s pregnancy or childbirth to perform in a reasonable manner the activities involved in the employee’s specific occupation and include but are not limited to the provision of an accessible worksite, acquisition or modification of equipment, job restructuring, and a modified work schedule. The bill provides that “reasonable accommodations” does not mean any action that would impose an undue hardship on the business of the employer from whom the action is requested.
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Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.
Tried before
This idea has been filed in 2 earlier General Assemblies. None got through a chamber.
- HF 124 Requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees based on pregnancy o…89th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- HF 175 Requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees based on pregnancy o…89th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- HF 2257 Requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees based on pregnancy o…89th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same titleCleared committee
- SSB 1029 SSB 102989th General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 485 · nearly identicalCleared committee
- HF 109 Requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees based on pregnancy o…88th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- HF 384 Requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees based on pregnancy o…88th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- SF 117 Requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees based on pregnancy o…88th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- HSB 608 HSB 60888th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · nearly identicalCleared committee
Similar bills this General Assembly
- SF 134 Requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees based on pregnancy o…91st General Assembly · In committeeSimilar
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