Bill Text: TX HB1041 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the places a public employer may provide for employees to express breast milk.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-09 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB1041 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1041-Introduced.html
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By: Walle | H.B. No. 1041 |
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relating to the places a public employer may provide for employees | ||
to express breast milk. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 619.004, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 619.004. PUBLIC EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITIES. A public | ||
employer shall: | ||
(1) provide a reasonable amount of break time for an | ||
employee to express breast milk each time the employee has need to | ||
express the milk; and | ||
(2) provide a place, other than a [ |
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bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from | ||
other employees and the public where the employee can express | ||
breast milk. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |