Monique Limón
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 19
Author
Existing law requires every employer to provide a reasonable amount of break time to accommodate an employee desiring to express breast milk for the employee's infant child and requires an employer to make reasonable efforts to provide the employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a toilet stall, in close proximity to the employee's work area for the employee to express milk in private. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions subject to a civil penalty and makes the Labor Commissioner responsible for enforcement. This bill would instead require an employer to make reasonable efforts to provide an employee with use of a room or other location, other than a bathroom, for these purposes. The bill would deem an employer to be in compliance with the requirement of providing a lactation location if the employer makes available a temporary lactation location that meets specified conditions, including that the temporary lactation location be used only for lactation purposes while an employee expresses milk. The bill would deem an agricultural employer to be in compliance with the requirement of providing a lactation location if the agricultural employer provides an employee with a private, enclosed, and shaded space, as specified. If the employer can demonstrate to the Department of Industrial Relations that this requirement would impose an undue hardship, the bill would require that employer to make reasonable efforts to provide a room or location for expressing milk that is not a toilet stall.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 940, Statutes of 2018.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6993.).
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 5967.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 13).
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 1. Page 4561.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 4).
Coauthors revised.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB1976 | HTML |
| 01/31/18 - Introduced | |
| 06/26/18 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/06/18 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/24/18 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/04/18 - Enrolled | |
| 09/30/18 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
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