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A06775 Summary:

A06775 Actions:

A06775 Committee Votes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS   Chair:Peoples-Stokes      
DATE:05/09/2017AYE/NAY:12/0  Action: Favorable         
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Johns
Aye
Galef
Aye
Goodell
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lalor
Excused
Glick
Aye
Byrne
Aye
Kim
Excused
Buchwald
Aye
Bichotte
Aye
Blake
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Lentol
Aye

A06775 Floor Votes:

A06775 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6775
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 17, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Governmental Operations
 
        AN ACT to amend the public buildings law, in relation to  requiring  the
          establishment of lactation rooms in certain public buildings
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The public buildings law is amended by adding a new section
     2  144 to read as follows:
     3    § 144. Lactation room in public buildings. 1. As used in this section:
     4    (a) "covered public building" means a public building of the state  of
     5  New York as described in section two of this chapter that is open to the
     6  public and contains a public restroom; and
     7    (b)  "lactation  room"  means a hygienic place, other than a bathroom,
     8  that:
     9    (1) is shielded from view;
    10    (2) is free from intrusion; and
    11    (3) contains a chair, a working surface, and, if the  public  building
    12  is otherwise supplied with electricity, an electrical outlet.
    13    2.  A  covered  public building shall contain a lactation room that is
    14  made available for use by a member of the public to express breast milk.
    15    3. A covered public building shall be excluded from the requirement of
    16  subdivision two of this section if the public building:
    17    (a) does not contain a lactation room for employees who  work  in  the
    18  building; and
    19    (b)  does not have a room that could be repurposed as a lactation room
    20  or a space that could be made private, at a reasonable cost; or
    21    (c) new construction would be required to create a lactation  room  in
    22  the public building and the cost of such construction is unfeasible.
    23    4. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize an individ-
    24  ual  to  enter  a  public  building that the individual is not otherwise
    25  authorized to enter.
    26    § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
    27  law.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08768-01-7