88R3796 LRM-F
 
  By: Walle, Hernandez, Manuel, Rose, Garcia, H.B. No. 818
      et al.
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the places a public employer may provide for employees
  to express breast milk.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 619.004, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 619.004.  PUBLIC EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITIES. A public
  employer shall:
               (1)  provide a reasonable amount of break time for an
  employee to express breast milk each time the employee has need to
  express the milk; and
               (2)  provide a place, other than a [multiple user]
  bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from
  other employees and the public where the employee can express
  breast milk.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.