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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 1030
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 4897
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
AN ACT CONCERNING BREASTFEEDING IN THE WORKPLACE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 31-40w of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 2
(a) [Any employee may, at her discretion,] An employer shall provide 3
a reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for such 4
employee's nursing child or breastfeed on site at her workplace [during 5
her meal or break period] each time such employee has the need to 6
express breast milk or breastfeed. 7
(b) An employer shall make reasonable efforts to provide a room or 8
other location, in close proximity to the work area, other than a toilet 9
stall, where the employee can express her milk in private, and provided 10
there is no undue hardship, such room or other location shall (1) be free 11
from intrusion and shielded from the public while such employee 12
expresses breast milk, (2) include or be situated near a refrigerator or 13
employee-provided portable cold storage device in which the employee 14
can store her breast milk, and (3) include access to an electrical outlet. 15
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(c) An employer shall not discriminate against, discipline or take any 16
adverse employment action against any employee because such 17
employee has elected to exercise her rights under subsection (a) of this 18
section. 19
(d) As used in this section, "employer" means a person engaged in 20
business who has one or more employees, including the state and any 21
political subdivision of the state; "employee" means any person engaged 22
in service to an employer in the business of the employer; "reasonable 23
efforts" means any effort that would not impose an undue hardship on 24
the operation of the employer's business; and "undue hardship" means 25
any action that requires significant difficulty or expense when 26
considered in relation to factors such as the size of the business, its 27
financial resources and the nature and structure of its operation. 28
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2025 31-40w
Statement of Purpose:
To align state and federal law regarding break periods for the purpose
of breastfeeding during the work day.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. HOCHADEL, 13th Dist.
S.B. 1030