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By: González of El Paso, Walle, Toth |
H.B. No. 541 |
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(Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2019; |
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April 17, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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Affairs; May 14, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 14, 2019, sent to printer.) |
Click here to see the committee vote |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the right to express breast milk. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 165.002, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 165.002. RIGHT TO BREAST-FEED OR EXPRESS BREAST MILK. |
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A mother is entitled to breast-feed her baby or express breast milk |
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in any location in which the mother's presence [mother] is |
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otherwise authorized [to be]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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