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Relating to Breastfeeding in the Workplace
State: Hawaii
Subject: Nursing Mothers' Rights at Work
Bill: H.B. 409/S.B. 532
Sponsor: Belatti (D)/Chun Oakland (D)
Senate bill introduced: 01/18/2013
House bill introduced: 01/22/2013
Referred to House Committees on Labor & Public Employment, Judiciary and Finance and Senate Committee on Judiciary & Labor: 01/22/2013
Hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary & Labor: 02/26/2013
Passed Senate Committee on Judiciary & Labor with amendments, sent to House: 03/05/2013
Senate bill referred to House Committees on Labor, Judiciary and Finance: 03/07/2013
Senate bill hearing in the House Committee on Labor: 03/12/2013
Senate bill passed House Committee on Labor with amendments: 03/12/2013
Senate bill referred to House Committee on Judiciary: 03/15/2013
Senate bill hearing in the House Committee on Judiciary: 03/19/2013
Senate bill passed House Committee on Judiciary without amendments: 03/19/2013
Senate bill referred to House Committee on Finance: 03/22/2013
Senate bill hearing in the House Committee on Finance: 04/04/2013
Senate bill passed House Committee on Finance, sent to Senate: 04/09/2013
Senate disagrees with House amendments: 04/11/2013
Summary:
Requires all employers to provide a clean, private location other than the bathroom and reasonable break time to a worker every time she has a need to express breast milk. Employers with fewer than 50 employees can apply for an undue hardship exemption.
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