Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06077 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/24/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6077
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 2074
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
REP. FLEXER, 44th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6077 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 2074

Referred to Committee on Judiciary 

Introduced by:

REP. FLEXER, 44th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING BREASTFEEDING IN PUBLIC.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 53a-186 of the general statutes be amended to provide that nothing in said section shall be construed to prohibit a woman breastfeeding an infant in a public place.

Statement of Purpose: 

To make clear that the act of breastfeeding an infant in public does not constitute the crime of public indecency.