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Senate passes workplace breastfeeding policy for public employees; anti-discrimination clarification fails
Summary
Senate passed HB242 requiring public employers to adopt breastfeeding-support policies (reasonable breaks, private space, refrigeration and outlets) but first substitute HB105 — which would have clarified breastfeeding as a pregnancy‑related protected condition in anti‑discrimination law — did not pass in this excerpt.
Senator Iwamoto presented House Bill 242 to require state and local public employers to adopt written policies supporting breastfeeding employees. The bill describes reasonable breaks, a private, clean and sanitary area, and access to refrigeration, freezer space and an electrical outlet for…
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