VA HB1862 | 2019 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-1)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Left in Commerce and Labor
Pending: House Commerce and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Employment; break and location to express breast milk. Requires employers, including the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions, to provide reasonable unpaid break time each day to an employee who needs to express breast milk for her nursing child for one year after the child's birth. The bill requires an employer to make reasonable efforts to provide a room or other location, other than a bathroom, where the employee can express breast milk in privacy. An employer shall not be held to have violated these requirements if it has made reasonable efforts to comply with them. The measure applies to employees who are exempt under §7 of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The FLSA requires employers to provide such benefits for nonexempt employees.

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Title

Employees; break time and location to express breast milk.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2019-01-29 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2019-02-05HouseLeft in Commerce and Labor
2019-01-29HouseSubcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
2019-01-10HouseAssigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #1
2019-01-03HouseReferred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-01-03HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102344D

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
40128.6:1(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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