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Committee approves bill to require nursing-parent rooms in public‑service state buildings
Summary
House Bill 707 would require at least one dedicated nursing-parent room in Commonwealth-owned buildings where the public obtains services, with a minimum usable area of 50 square feet; committee approved an amendment narrowing coverage to public‑service facilities and approved the bill to report.
The House State Government Committee voted to report House Bill 707, a bill that would require Commonwealth-owned buildings where the public comes for services to provide at least one nursing‑parent room with a minimum of 50 net usable square feet.
Representative Mays, the bill sponsor, told the committee the measure aims to make state buildings more accessible to breastfeeding and pumping parents. “These rooms are not bathrooms … they are dedicated spaces so…
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