By: González of El Paso, Walle, Toth H.B. No. 541
(Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini)
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2019;
April 17, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 14, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 14, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the right to express breast milk.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 165.002, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 165.002. RIGHT TO BREAST-FEED OR EXPRESS BREAST MILK.
A mother is entitled to breast-feed her baby or express breast milk
in any location in which the mother's presence [mother] is
otherwise authorized [to be].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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