STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1544 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 15, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law and chapter 802 of the laws of 1947 relating to facilitating the financing and effectuation of air terminals by the Port of New York Authority, in relation to requiring certain lactation accommodations in airports The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "lactation 2 accommodation in airports act". 3 § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2505-b 4 to read as follows: 5 § 2505-b. Lactation accommodations in airports. 1. The terminal opera- 6 tor of a commercial service airport owned or operated by a county, city, 7 town, village, or state or local authority that has one million or more 8 enplanements a year shall provide a room or other location at each 9 airport passenger terminal behind the airport security screening area 10 for members of the public to express breast milk in private that meets 11 the following conditions: 12 (a) includes, at a minimum, a chair and an electrical outlet; 13 (b) is located outside of the confines of a public restroom; and 14 (c) upon completion of the construction of a new passenger terminal, 15 or the replacement, expansion, or renovation of an existing passenger 16 terminal, includes a sink. 17 2. The terminal operator of a commercial service airport owned or 18 operated by a county, city, town, village, or state or local authority 19 that has fewer than one million, but more than ten thousand enplanements 20 a year shall, upon completion of the construction of a new passenger 21 terminal, or the replacement, expansion, or renovation of an existing 22 passenger terminal, provide a room or other location at each airport 23 passenger terminal behind the airport security screening area for EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02138-01-9S. 1544 2 1 members of the public to express breast milk in private that meets the 2 following conditions: 3 (a) includes, at a minimum, a chair, a sink, and an electrical outlet; 4 and 5 (b) is located outside of the confines of a public restroom. 6 3. As used in this section, "renovation of an existing passenger 7 terminal" means the repurposing of more than twenty-five percent of the 8 space in the passenger terminal. 9 § 3. Chapter 802 of the laws of 1947 relating to facilitating the 10 financing and effectuation of air terminals by the Port of New York 11 Authority is amended by adding a new section 4-b to read as follows: 12 § 4-b. Lactation accommodations in airports. 1. Any airport main- 13 tained or operated by the Port Authority that has one million or more 14 enplanements a year shall provide a room or other location at each 15 airport passenger terminal behind the terminal security screening area 16 for members of the public to express breast milk in private that meets 17 the following conditions: 18 (a) includes, at a minimum, a chair and an electrical outlet; 19 (b) is located outside of the confines of a public restroom; and 20 (c) upon completion of the construction of a new passenger terminal, 21 or the replacement, expansion, or renovation of an existing passenger 22 terminal, includes a sink. 23 2. Any airport maintained or operated by the Port Authority that has 24 fewer than one million but more than ten thousand enplanements a year 25 shall, upon completion of the construction of a new passenger terminal, 26 or the replacement, expansion, or renovation of an existing passenger 27 terminal, provide a room or other location at each airport passenger 28 terminal behind the terminal security screening area for members of the 29 public to express breast milk in private that meets the following condi- 30 tions: 31 (a) includes, at a minimum, a chair, a sink, and an electrical outlet; 32 and 33 (b) is located outside of the confines of a public restroom. 34 3. As used in this section, "renovation of an existing passenger 35 terminal" means the repurposing of more than twenty-five percent of the 36 space in the passenger terminal. 37 § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 38 ing the date on which it shall have become a law, provided, however, 39 section three of this act shall take effect upon the enactment into law 40 by the state of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect 41 with this act but if the state of New Jersey shall have already enacted 42 such legislation, then this act shall take effect immediately. The 43 chairperson of the port authority shall notify the legislative bill 44 drafting commission upon the enactment into law of such legislation by 45 both such states in order that the commission may maintain an accurate 46 and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws of the 47 state of New York in furtherance of effecting the provisions of section 48 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.