REFERENCE TITLE: breastfeeding mothers; teachers; accommodation State of Arizona Senate Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024 SB 1555 Introduced by Senator Bennett An Act amending title 23, chapter 2, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 23-207; relating to employment. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
REFERENCE TITLE: breastfeeding mothers; teachers; accommodation
State of Arizona Senate Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024
SB 1555
Introduced by Senator Bennett
REFERENCE TITLE: breastfeeding mothers; teachers; accommodation
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-sixth Legislature
Second Regular Session
2024
SB 1555
Introduced by
Senator Bennett
An Act
amending title 23, chapter 2, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 23-207; relating to employment.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Title 23, chapter 2, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 23-207, to read: START_STATUTE23-207. Breastfeeding mothers; teachers; public schools; reasonable accommodation A school district or charter school may not prohibit a nursing mother who is a teacher at the school from bringing the mother's infant to the school in order to breastfeed the infant. The school district or charter school must provide reasonable accommodations if the accommodations do not pose an undue hardship, including reasonable breaks and a private place to allow the nursing mother to breastfeed. END_STATUTE
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 23, chapter 2, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 23-207, to read:
START_STATUTE23-207. Breastfeeding mothers; teachers; public schools; reasonable accommodation
A school district or charter school may not prohibit a nursing mother who is a teacher at the school from bringing the mother's infant to the school in order to breastfeed the infant. The school district or charter school must provide reasonable accommodations if the accommodations do not pose an undue hardship, including reasonable breaks and a private place to allow the nursing mother to breastfeed. END_STATUTE