PRINTER'S NO.  1558

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

1303

Session of

2009

  

  

INTRODUCED BY SOLOBAY, BARRAR, BRENNAN, BRIGGS, DePASQUALE, DONATUCCI, FRANKEL, HARKINS, KOTIK, MANN, MUNDY, JOSEPHS AND FREEMAN, APRIL 21, 2009

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, APRIL 21, 2009  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending the act of July 8, 2007 (P.L.90, No.28), entitled "An

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act permitting a mother the freedom to nurse her child in

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public; and providing that breastfeeding may not be

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considered a nuisance, indecent exposure, sexual conduct or

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obscenity," defining "breastfeeding"; and further providing

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for workplace and for breastfeeding by employees.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  The act of July 8, 2007 (P.L.90, No.28), known as

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the Freedom to Breastfeed Act, is amended by adding sections to

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read:

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Section 2.1.  Definitions.

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The following words and phrases when used in this act shall

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have the meanings given to them in this section unless the

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context clearly indicates otherwise:

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"Breastfeed."  The feeding of a child with breast milk

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directly from the breast.

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Section 5.  Workplace.

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Any employer, employment agency or labor organization shall

 


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not refuse to hire or employ, bar or discharge from employment,

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withhold pay, demote, penalize or otherwise discriminate against

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an individual who is lactating because the individual

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breastfeeds or expresses her breast milk at the workplace.

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Section 6.  Breastfeeding by employees.

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No employer shall prohibit an employee who is lactating from

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expressing her breast milk during any meal period or other break

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period required by law to be provided by the employer or

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required by collective bargaining agreement.

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Section 7.  Information.

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The Department of Health and the Department of Labor shall

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provide, to employees and employers, on their Internet websites

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information and links to other websites where employees and

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employers can access information concerning breastfeeding in the

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workplace.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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