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Advocates back technical fixes to pregnancy and postpartum workplace law
Summary
Witnesses told the committee Substitute Senate Bill 60 14 restores prior practice on minor pregnancy accommodations and creates a public-records exemption to protect complainants’ identities and medical information as enforcement moves from the attorney general to L&I in 2027.
Substitute Senate Bill 60 14 drew supportive testimony from an advocacy group and the bill's sponsor Feb. 20 as a technical clean-up to the state's pregnancy and postpartum workplace accommodation law.
Jim Morishima, staff to the committee, summarized the bill’s two main features: restoring a cross-reference so that a doctor's note cannot be required for basic…
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