S 897 NY
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Summary
The bill amends New York labor law to modify requirements for nursing rooms where employees express breast milk. Upon request, employers must designate a room or location that is in close proximity to the work area, well lit, shielded from view, and free from intrusion. The designated space must provide a chair, working surface, an electrical outlet (if available), and access to clean running water. The bill adds a requirement that employers must provide, upon request, a sink or individual basin specifically designated for washing breast pump attachments in addition to the general access to clean running water. The bill takes effect immediately.
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Official abstract
Allows nursing employees to request a sink designated for washing breast pump equipment in the room designated for nursing.
Sponsor (1)
- Monica Martinez Democratic · primary
5 coauthors / cosponsors
- Leroy Comrie Democratic · cosponsor
- Nathalia Fernandez Democratic · cosponsor
- Robert Jackson Democratic · cosponsor
- Anthony H. Palumbo Republican · cosponsor
- Steve Rhoads Republican · cosponsor
Action history (3)
- Jan 8, 2025 REFERRED TO LABOR · upper
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO LABOR · upper
- May 5, 2026 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO WOMEN'S ISSUES · upper
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S00897 Summary: BILL NO S00897   SAME AS SAME AS A10053
  SPONSOR MARTINEZ   COSPNSR COMRIE, FERNANDEZ, JACKSON, PALUMBO, RHOADS   MLTSPNSR   Amd §206-c, Lab L   Allows nursing employees to request a sink designated for washing breast pump equipment in the room designated for nursing.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
897
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025 ___________
Introduced by Sens. MARTINEZ, COMRIE, FERNANDEZ, JACKSON, PALUMBO, RHOADS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to nursing employees
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 206-c of the 2 labor law, as added by chapter 672 of the laws of 2022, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 (a) Upon request of an employee who chooses to express breast milk in 5 the workplace, an employer shall designate a room or other location 6 which shall be made available for use by such employee to express breast 7 milk. Such room or other location shall be a place that is: (i) in close 8 proximity to the work area; (ii) well lit; (iii) shielded from view; and 9 (iv) free from intrusion from other persons in the workplace or the 10 public. Such room or other location shall provide, at minimum, a chair, 11 a working surface, nearby access to clean running water or, upon request 12 of an employee who chooses to express breast milk in the workplace, a 13 sink or individual basin designated for the washing of breast pump 14 attachments, and, if the workplace is supplied with electricity, an 15 electrical outlet. The room or location provided by the employer for 16 this purpose shall not be a restroom or toilet stall. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02815-01-5
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