Arizona 2025 Regular Session

Arizona Senate Bill SB1401 Compare Versions

Only one version of the bill is available at this time.

Old	New	Differences
1	1	REFERENCE TITLE: pregnant employees; reasonable accommodation State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 SB 1401 Introduced by Senators Burch: Alston, Epstein, Fernandez, Gabaldn, Kuby AN ACT amending title 23, chapter 2, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 23-207; relating to employment practices. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7
8	8
9	9	REFERENCE TITLE: pregnant employees; reasonable accommodation
10	10	State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
11	11	SB 1401
12	12	Introduced by Senators Burch: Alston, Epstein, Fernandez, Gabaldn, Kuby
13	13
14	14	REFERENCE TITLE: pregnant employees; reasonable accommodation
15	15
16	16
17	17
18	18
19	19
20	20
21	21
22	22
23	23
24	24	State of Arizona
25	25
26	26	Senate
27	27
28	28	Fifty-seventh Legislature
29	29
30	30	First Regular Session
31	31
32	32	2025
33	33
34	34
35	35
36	36
37	37
38	38
39	39
40	40	SB 1401
41	41
42	42
43	43
44	44	Introduced by
45	45
46	46	Senators Burch: Alston, Epstein, Fernandez, Gabaldn, Kuby
47	47
48	48
49	49
50	50
51	51
52	52
53	53
54	54
55	55
56	56
57	57
58	58
59	59
60	60
61	61
62	62
63	63
64	64	AN ACT
65	65
66	66
67	67
68	68	amending title 23, chapter 2, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 23-207; relating to employment practices.
69	69
70	70
71	71
72	72
73	73
74	74	(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
75	75
76	76
77	77
78	78	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. Employers; pregnant employees; reasonable accommodation; notice A. An employer that employs fifteen or more employees shall provide a reasonable accommodation for pregnant employees unless that accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the business. The reasonable accommodation may include any of the following: 1. Acquisition or modification of equipment or devices. 2. more frequent break periods or additional restroom, food or water breaks. 3. Assistance with manual labor. 4. A private area for breastfeeding after childbirth. 5. Modification of work schedules or job ASSIGNMENTS. 6. Scheduling flexibility to accommodate prenatal health care visits. B. An employer may not require the employee to use annual, vacation or sick leave if a reasonable accommodation can be made. C. An employer shall conspicuously post notice of the employer's requirement to provide a reasonable accommodation to a pregnant employee and include a copy of that information in the employee handbook. D. An employer shall provide written notice of the requirement to: 1. newly hired employees at the time of hire. 2. Current employees within one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section. 3. pregnant employees within ten days after the employee informs the employee's employer of the pregnancy. END_STATUTE Sec. 2. Short title This act may be cited as the "Pregnant Workers Protection Act".
79	79
80	80	Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
81	81
82	82	Section 1. Title 23, chapter 2, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 23-207, to read:
83	83
84	84	START_STATUTE23-207. Employers; pregnant employees; reasonable accommodation; notice
85	85
86	86	A. An employer that employs fifteen or more employees shall provide a reasonable accommodation for pregnant employees unless that accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the business. The reasonable accommodation may include any of the following:
87	87
88	88	1. Acquisition or modification of equipment or devices.
89	89
90	90	2. more frequent break periods or additional restroom, food or water breaks.
91	91
92	92	3. Assistance with manual labor.
93	93
94	94	4. A private area for breastfeeding after childbirth.
95	95
96	96	5. Modification of work schedules or job ASSIGNMENTS.
97	97
98	98	6. Scheduling flexibility to accommodate prenatal health care visits.
99	99
100	100	B. An employer may not require the employee to use annual, vacation or sick leave if a reasonable accommodation can be made.
101	101
102	102	C. An employer shall conspicuously post notice of the employer's requirement to provide a reasonable accommodation to a pregnant employee and include a copy of that information in the employee handbook.
103	103
104	104	D. An employer shall provide written notice of the requirement to:
105	105
106	106	1. newly hired employees at the time of hire.
107	107
108	108	2. Current employees within one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section.
109	109
110	110	3. pregnant employees within ten days after the employee informs the employee's employer of the pregnancy. END_STATUTE
111	111
112	112	Sec. 2. Short title
113	113
114	114	This act may be cited as the "Pregnant Workers Protection Act".