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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee&nbspVotes Floor&nbspVotes Memo Text LFIN Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript S08667 Summary: BILL NO S08667A &nbsp SAME AS SAME AS A03998-A

&nbsp SPONSOR CLEARE &nbsp COSPNSR &nbsp MLTSPNSR &nbsp Amd §206-c, Lab L &nbsp Relates to employee access to lactation rooms in the workplace; requires that employers post written policies regarding the rights of nursing employees.

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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

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IN SENATE

January 7, 2026 ___________

Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to employee access to lacta- tion rooms in the workplace

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:

1 Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 206-c of the labor law, as 2 added by chapter 672 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as 3 follows: 4 2. (a) Upon request of an employee who chooses to express breast milk 5 in 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) hygien- 8 ic; (ii) in close proximity to the work area; [ (ii) ] (iii) well lit; 9 [ (iii) ] (iv) shielded from view; and [ (iv) ] (v) free from intrusion from 10 other persons in the workplace or the public. Such room or other 11 location shall provide, at minimum, a chair, a working surface, a refri- 12 gerator that shall be used only for purposes related to lactation, near- 13 by access to clean running water and, if the workplace is supplied with 14 electricity, an electrical outlet. The room or location provided by the 15 employer for this purpose shall not be a restroom or toilet stall and 16 shall be located outside the confines of a public restroom . 17 (b) If the sole purpose or function of such room or other location is 18 not dedicated for use by employees to express breast milk, such room or 19 other location shall be made available to such an employee when needed 20 and shall not be used for any other purpose or function while in use by 21 such employee. Employers shall provide notice to all employees as soon 22 as practicable when such room or other location has been designated for 23 use by employees to express breast milk. 24 (c) Where compliance with the requirements of paragraphs (a) or (b) of 25 this subdivision is impracticable because it would impose an undue hard- 26 ship on the employer by causing significant difficulty or expense when

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07341-03-6

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1 considered in relation to the size, financial resources, nature, or 2 structure of the employer's business, such employer shall make reason- 3 able efforts to provide a room or other location, other than a restroom 4 or toilet stall, that is in close proximity to the work area where an 5 employee can express breast milk in privacy. Provided, however, nothing 6 in this subdivision shall otherwise exempt an employer from the require- 7 ments of subdivision one of this section. 8 [ (d) If the workplace has access to refrigeration, the employer shall 9 extend such access to refrigeration for the purposes of storing the 10 expressed milk. ] 11 3. The commissioner shall develop and implement a written policy 12 regarding the rights of nursing employees to express breast milk in the 13 workplace pursuant to the provisions of this section. Employers shall 14 provide such written policy to each employee upon hire and annually 15 thereafter, and to employees upon returning to work following the birth 16 of a child. Employers shall post such policy in a clear and conspicuous 17 location and in the employee handbook, to the extent that an employer 18 provides such handbook to its employees, and in a location accessible on 19 either the employer's website or on the internet accessible by employ- 20 ees. Such policy shall: 21 (a) Inform employees of their rights pursuant to this section; 22 (b) Specify the means by which a request may be submitted to the 23 employer for a room or other location for use by employees to express 24 breast milk; and 25 (c) Require the employer to respond to such request within a reason- 26 able timeframe, but not to exceed five business days. 27 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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