Amended IN Senate March 05, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 949Introduced by Senator BlakespearJanuary 18, 2024An act to amend Section 69894 of, and to add Section 69894.1 to to, the Government Code, relating to courts. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 949, as amended, Blakespear. Superior court: lactation accommodation.Existing law generally requires the superior court, as an employer, to provide employees with the use of a lactation room or other location for employees to express milk in private, including, among other things, a clean and safe place to sit. Existing law requires the superior court, commencing July 1, 2026, to provide any court user access to a lactation room in any courthouse in which a lactation room is also provided to court employees, as specified. Existing law authorizes a superior court to comply by designating a lactation room for court users without access to a sink with running water and a refrigerator suitable for storing milk or other cooling device suitable for storing milk due to operational, financial, or space limitations.This bill would clarify that a superior court may comply by designating a lactation room for court users without access to a sink with running water and a refrigerator suitable for storing milk or other cooling device suitable for storing milk if the superior court is unable to comply due to operational, financial, or space limitations.Existing law requires an employer to provide a reasonable amount of break time to accommodate an employee desiring to express breast milk for the employees infant child each time the employee has need to express milk.This bill would, commencing July 1, 2026, require the superior court to provide any court user with a reasonable amount of break time during a court proceeding to allow the court user to express breast milk for the users infant child each time the court user has need to express breast milk. The bill would require the Judicial Council to adopt or amend rules of court or forms to implement this requirement on or before January 1, 2026. The bill would require the rules of court or forms to provide a confidential process for the court user to request the break time.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 69894 of the Government Code is amended to read:69894. (a) The superior court shall provide any court user access to a lactation room in any courthouse in which a lactation room is also provided to court employees in compliance with Section 1031 of the Labor Code. The lactation room for court users shall be located within the court facility in an area that is accessible to the public or in any location that is reasonably accessible to the public using the court facility. The lactation room for court users shall meet all of the requirements of Section 1031 of the Labor Code.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a superior court may comply with this section by designating a lactation room for court users without complying with subdivision (d) of Section 1031 of the Labor Code, if the court is unable to comply due to operational, financial, or space limitations. The lactation room shall not be a bathroom, shall be shielded from view and free from intrusion while it is being used by a court user to express milk, and shall otherwise be compliant with this section.(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2026.SECTION 1.SEC. 2. Section 69894.1 is added to the Government Code, to read:69894.1. (a) Beginning July 1, 2026, the superior court shall provide any court user a reasonable amount of break time during a court proceeding in which the court user is participating to allow the court user to express breast milk for the individuals infant child each time the individual has need to express breast milk.(b) On or before January 1, 2026, the Judicial Council shall adopt or amend rules of court or forms to implement this section. The rules of court or forms shall provide a confidential process for the court user to request the break time.
Amended IN Senate March 05, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 949Introduced by Senator BlakespearJanuary 18, 2024An act to amend Section 69894 of, and to add Section 69894.1 to to, the Government Code, relating to courts. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 949, as amended, Blakespear. Superior court: lactation accommodation.Existing law generally requires the superior court, as an employer, to provide employees with the use of a lactation room or other location for employees to express milk in private, including, among other things, a clean and safe place to sit. Existing law requires the superior court, commencing July 1, 2026, to provide any court user access to a lactation room in any courthouse in which a lactation room is also provided to court employees, as specified. Existing law authorizes a superior court to comply by designating a lactation room for court users without access to a sink with running water and a refrigerator suitable for storing milk or other cooling device suitable for storing milk due to operational, financial, or space limitations.This bill would clarify that a superior court may comply by designating a lactation room for court users without access to a sink with running water and a refrigerator suitable for storing milk or other cooling device suitable for storing milk if the superior court is unable to comply due to operational, financial, or space limitations.Existing law requires an employer to provide a reasonable amount of break time to accommodate an employee desiring to express breast milk for the employees infant child each time the employee has need to express milk.This bill would, commencing July 1, 2026, require the superior court to provide any court user with a reasonable amount of break time during a court proceeding to allow the court user to express breast milk for the users infant child each time the court user has need to express breast milk. The bill would require the Judicial Council to adopt or amend rules of court or forms to implement this requirement on or before January 1, 2026. The bill would require the rules of court or forms to provide a confidential process for the court user to request the break time.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Senate March 05, 2024
Amended IN Senate March 05, 2024
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 949
Introduced by Senator BlakespearJanuary 18, 2024
Introduced by Senator Blakespear
January 18, 2024
An act to amend Section 69894 of, and to add Section 69894.1 to to, the Government Code, relating to courts.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 949, as amended, Blakespear. Superior court: lactation accommodation.
Existing law generally requires the superior court, as an employer, to provide employees with the use of a lactation room or other location for employees to express milk in private, including, among other things, a clean and safe place to sit. Existing law requires the superior court, commencing July 1, 2026, to provide any court user access to a lactation room in any courthouse in which a lactation room is also provided to court employees, as specified. Existing law authorizes a superior court to comply by designating a lactation room for court users without access to a sink with running water and a refrigerator suitable for storing milk or other cooling device suitable for storing milk due to operational, financial, or space limitations.This bill would clarify that a superior court may comply by designating a lactation room for court users without access to a sink with running water and a refrigerator suitable for storing milk or other cooling device suitable for storing milk if the superior court is unable to comply due to operational, financial, or space limitations.Existing law requires an employer to provide a reasonable amount of break time to accommodate an employee desiring to express breast milk for the employees infant child each time the employee has need to express milk.This bill would, commencing July 1, 2026, require the superior court to provide any court user with a reasonable amount of break time during a court proceeding to allow the court user to express breast milk for the users infant child each time the court user has need to express breast milk. The bill would require the Judicial Council to adopt or amend rules of court or forms to implement this requirement on or before January 1, 2026. The bill would require the rules of court or forms to provide a confidential process for the court user to request the break time.
Existing law generally requires the superior court, as an employer, to provide employees with the use of a lactation room or other location for employees to express milk in private, including, among other things, a clean and safe place to sit. Existing law requires the superior court, commencing July 1, 2026, to provide any court user access to a lactation room in any courthouse in which a lactation room is also provided to court employees, as specified. Existing law authorizes a superior court to comply by designating a lactation room for court users without access to a sink with running water and a refrigerator suitable for storing milk or other cooling device suitable for storing milk due to operational, financial, or space limitations.
This bill would clarify that a superior court may comply by designating a lactation room for court users without access to a sink with running water and a refrigerator suitable for storing milk or other cooling device suitable for storing milk if the superior court is unable to comply due to operational, financial, or space limitations.
Existing law requires an employer to provide a reasonable amount of break time to accommodate an employee desiring to express breast milk for the employees infant child each time the employee has need to express milk.
This bill would, commencing July 1, 2026, require the superior court to provide any court user with a reasonable amount of break time during a court proceeding to allow the court user to express breast milk for the users infant child each time the court user has need to express breast milk. The bill would require the Judicial Council to adopt or amend rules of court or forms to implement this requirement on or before January 1, 2026. The bill would require the rules of court or forms to provide a confidential process for the court user to request the break time.
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 69894 of the Government Code is amended to read:69894. (a) The superior court shall provide any court user access to a lactation room in any courthouse in which a lactation room is also provided to court employees in compliance with Section 1031 of the Labor Code. The lactation room for court users shall be located within the court facility in an area that is accessible to the public or in any location that is reasonably accessible to the public using the court facility. The lactation room for court users shall meet all of the requirements of Section 1031 of the Labor Code.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a superior court may comply with this section by designating a lactation room for court users without complying with subdivision (d) of Section 1031 of the Labor Code, if the court is unable to comply due to operational, financial, or space limitations. The lactation room shall not be a bathroom, shall be shielded from view and free from intrusion while it is being used by a court user to express milk, and shall otherwise be compliant with this section.(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2026.SECTION 1.SEC. 2. Section 69894.1 is added to the Government Code, to read:69894.1. (a) Beginning July 1, 2026, the superior court shall provide any court user a reasonable amount of break time during a court proceeding in which the court user is participating to allow the court user to express breast milk for the individuals infant child each time the individual has need to express breast milk.(b) On or before January 1, 2026, the Judicial Council shall adopt or amend rules of court or forms to implement this section. The rules of court or forms shall provide a confidential process for the court user to request the break time.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 69894 of the Government Code is amended to read:69894. (a) The superior court shall provide any court user access to a lactation room in any courthouse in which a lactation room is also provided to court employees in compliance with Section 1031 of the Labor Code. The lactation room for court users shall be located within the court facility in an area that is accessible to the public or in any location that is reasonably accessible to the public using the court facility. The lactation room for court users shall meet all of the requirements of Section 1031 of the Labor Code.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a superior court may comply with this section by designating a lactation room for court users without complying with subdivision (d) of Section 1031 of the Labor Code, if the court is unable to comply due to operational, financial, or space limitations. The lactation room shall not be a bathroom, shall be shielded from view and free from intrusion while it is being used by a court user to express milk, and shall otherwise be compliant with this section.(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2026.
SECTION 1. Section 69894 of the Government Code is amended to read:
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69894. (a) The superior court shall provide any court user access to a lactation room in any courthouse in which a lactation room is also provided to court employees in compliance with Section 1031 of the Labor Code. The lactation room for court users shall be located within the court facility in an area that is accessible to the public or in any location that is reasonably accessible to the public using the court facility. The lactation room for court users shall meet all of the requirements of Section 1031 of the Labor Code.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a superior court may comply with this section by designating a lactation room for court users without complying with subdivision (d) of Section 1031 of the Labor Code, if the court is unable to comply due to operational, financial, or space limitations. The lactation room shall not be a bathroom, shall be shielded from view and free from intrusion while it is being used by a court user to express milk, and shall otherwise be compliant with this section.(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2026.
69894. (a) The superior court shall provide any court user access to a lactation room in any courthouse in which a lactation room is also provided to court employees in compliance with Section 1031 of the Labor Code. The lactation room for court users shall be located within the court facility in an area that is accessible to the public or in any location that is reasonably accessible to the public using the court facility. The lactation room for court users shall meet all of the requirements of Section 1031 of the Labor Code.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a superior court may comply with this section by designating a lactation room for court users without complying with subdivision (d) of Section 1031 of the Labor Code, if the court is unable to comply due to operational, financial, or space limitations. The lactation room shall not be a bathroom, shall be shielded from view and free from intrusion while it is being used by a court user to express milk, and shall otherwise be compliant with this section.(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2026.
69894. (a) The superior court shall provide any court user access to a lactation room in any courthouse in which a lactation room is also provided to court employees in compliance with Section 1031 of the Labor Code. The lactation room for court users shall be located within the court facility in an area that is accessible to the public or in any location that is reasonably accessible to the public using the court facility. The lactation room for court users shall meet all of the requirements of Section 1031 of the Labor Code.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a superior court may comply with this section by designating a lactation room for court users without complying with subdivision (d) of Section 1031 of the Labor Code, if the court is unable to comply due to operational, financial, or space limitations. The lactation room shall not be a bathroom, shall be shielded from view and free from intrusion while it is being used by a court user to express milk, and shall otherwise be compliant with this section.(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2026.
69894. (a) The superior court shall provide any court user access to a lactation room in any courthouse in which a lactation room is also provided to court employees in compliance with Section 1031 of the Labor Code. The lactation room for court users shall be located within the court facility in an area that is accessible to the public or in any location that is reasonably accessible to the public using the court facility. The lactation room for court users shall meet all of the requirements of Section 1031 of the Labor Code.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a superior court may comply with this section by designating a lactation room for court users without complying with subdivision (d) of Section 1031 of the Labor Code, if the court is unable to comply due to operational, financial, or space limitations. The lactation room shall not be a bathroom, shall be shielded from view and free from intrusion while it is being used by a court user to express milk, and shall otherwise be compliant with this section.
(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2026.
SECTION 1.SEC. 2. Section 69894.1 is added to the Government Code, to read:69894.1. (a) Beginning July 1, 2026, the superior court shall provide any court user a reasonable amount of break time during a court proceeding in which the court user is participating to allow the court user to express breast milk for the individuals infant child each time the individual has need to express breast milk.(b) On or before January 1, 2026, the Judicial Council shall adopt or amend rules of court or forms to implement this section. The rules of court or forms shall provide a confidential process for the court user to request the break time.
SECTION 1.SEC. 2. Section 69894.1 is added to the Government Code, to read:
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69894.1. (a) Beginning July 1, 2026, the superior court shall provide any court user a reasonable amount of break time during a court proceeding in which the court user is participating to allow the court user to express breast milk for the individuals infant child each time the individual has need to express breast milk.(b) On or before January 1, 2026, the Judicial Council shall adopt or amend rules of court or forms to implement this section. The rules of court or forms shall provide a confidential process for the court user to request the break time.
69894.1. (a) Beginning July 1, 2026, the superior court shall provide any court user a reasonable amount of break time during a court proceeding in which the court user is participating to allow the court user to express breast milk for the individuals infant child each time the individual has need to express breast milk.(b) On or before January 1, 2026, the Judicial Council shall adopt or amend rules of court or forms to implement this section. The rules of court or forms shall provide a confidential process for the court user to request the break time.
69894.1. (a) Beginning July 1, 2026, the superior court shall provide any court user a reasonable amount of break time during a court proceeding in which the court user is participating to allow the court user to express breast milk for the individuals infant child each time the individual has need to express breast milk.(b) On or before January 1, 2026, the Judicial Council shall adopt or amend rules of court or forms to implement this section. The rules of court or forms shall provide a confidential process for the court user to request the break time.
69894.1. (a) Beginning July 1, 2026, the superior court shall provide any court user a reasonable amount of break time during a court proceeding in which the court user is participating to allow the court user to express breast milk for the individuals infant child each time the individual has need to express breast milk.
(b) On or before January 1, 2026, the Judicial Council shall adopt or amend rules of court or forms to implement this section. The rules of court or forms shall provide a confidential process for the court user to request the break time.