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| 5 | 6 | | General Assembly Committee Bill No. 1030 |
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| 6 | 7 | | January Session, 2025 |
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| 7 | 8 | | LCO No. 4897 |
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| 10 | 11 | | Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES |
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| 13 | 14 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 15 | | (LAB) |
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| 18 | 19 | | AN ACT CONCERNING BREASTFEEDING IN THE WORKPLACE. |
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| 19 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 20 | 21 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 22 | 23 | | Section 1. Section 31-40w of the general statutes is repealed and the 1 |
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| 23 | 24 | | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 2 |
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| 24 | 25 | | (a) [Any employee may, at her discretion,] An employer shall provide 3 |
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| 25 | 26 | | a reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for such 4 |
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| 26 | 27 | | employee's nursing child or breastfeed on site at her workplace [during 5 |
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| 27 | 28 | | her meal or break period] each time such employee has the need to 6 |
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| 28 | 29 | | express breast milk or breastfeed. 7 |
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| 29 | 30 | | (b) An employer shall make reasonable efforts to provide a room or 8 |
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| 30 | 31 | | other location, in close proximity to the work area, other than a toilet 9 |
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| 31 | 32 | | stall, where the employee can express her milk in private, and provided 10 |
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| 32 | 33 | | there is no undue hardship, such room or other location shall (1) be free 11 |
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| 33 | 34 | | from intrusion and shielded from the public while such employee 12 |
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| 34 | 35 | | expresses breast milk, (2) include or be situated near a refrigerator or 13 |
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| 35 | 36 | | employee-provided portable cold storage device in which the employee 14 |
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| 41 | 43 | | (c) An employer shall not discriminate against, discipline or take any 16 |
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| 42 | 44 | | adverse employment action against any employee because such 17 |
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| 43 | 45 | | employee has elected to exercise her rights under subsection (a) of this 18 |
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| 44 | 46 | | section. 19 |
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| 45 | 47 | | (d) As used in this section, "employer" means a person engaged in 20 |
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| 46 | 48 | | business who has one or more employees, including the state and any 21 |
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| 47 | 49 | | political subdivision of the state; "employee" means any person engaged 22 |
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| 48 | 50 | | in service to an employer in the business of the employer; "reasonable 23 |
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| 49 | 51 | | efforts" means any effort that would not impose an undue hardship on 24 |
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| 50 | 52 | | the operation of the employer's business; and "undue hardship" means 25 |
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| 51 | 53 | | any action that requires significant difficulty or expense when 26 |
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| 52 | 54 | | considered in relation to factors such as the size of the business, its 27 |
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| 53 | 55 | | financial resources and the nature and structure of its operation. 28 |
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| 54 | 56 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 55 | 57 | | sections: |
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| 57 | 59 | | Section 1 October 1, 2025 31-40w |
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