Connecticut legislation · 2026 General Assembly
Connecticut SB345: AN ACT CONCERNING BREASTFEEDING IN THE WORKPLACE, PRE AND POST-SHIFT HOURS AND ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY WORKPLACE HEAT SAFETY STANDARDS.
Status: In committee, April 2, 2026
What the bill says
An act concerning breastfeeding in the workplace, pre and post-shift hours and establishing a task force to study workplace heat safety standards. assembly convened.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT CONCERNING BREASTFEEDING IN THE WORKPLACE, PRE AND POST-SHIFT HOURS AND ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY WORKPLACE HEAT SAFETY STANDARDS. Assembly convened: Section 1. Section 31-40w of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): (a) [Any employee may, at her discretion,] An employer shall provide a reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for such employee's nursing child or breastfeed on site at [her] such employee's workplace [during her meal or break period] each time such employee has the need to express breast milk or breastfeed. (b) An employer shall make reasonable efforts to provide a room or other location, in close proximity to the work area, other than a toilet stall, where the employee can express [her] such employee's milk in private, and provided there is no undue hardship, such room or other location shall (1) be free from intrusion and shielded from the public while such employee expresses breast milk, (2) include or be situated near a refrigerator or employee-provided portable cold storage device LCO No. 1201 1 of Raised Bill No. in which the employee can store [her] such employee's breast milk, and (3) include access to an electrical outlet. (c) An employer shall not discriminate against, discipline or take any adverse …
Sponsors
- Martin Looney (D, 11) · primary sponsor
- Maryam Khan (D, 5)
- Nicholas Gauthier (D, 38)
- Aimee Berger-Girvalo (D, 111)
Latest actions
- : File Number 351
- : Senate Calendar Number 237
- : Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- : Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- : Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/26 5:00 PM
- : Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
- : Joint Favorable
- : Public Hearing 03/03
- : Referred to Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees
Votes
- LAB Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable) (March 17, 2026): 9 yea, 4 nay, passed
Subjects: Breast feeding, Employers, Task forces, Discrimination in employment, Studies, Employees
Common questions
- What is SB345?
- SB345 is a bill in the Connecticut Legislature (2026 General Assembly): AN ACT CONCERNING BREASTFEEDING IN THE WORKPLACE, PRE AND POST-SHIFT HOURS AND ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO STUDY WORKPLACE HEAT SAFETY STANDARDS.
- What does SB345 do?
- In its own words: An act concerning breastfeeding in the workplace, pre and post-shift hours and establishing a task force to study workplace heat safety standards. assembly convened.
- What is the status of SB345?
- In committee as of April 2, 2026. Latest action: File Number 351 (April 2, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB345?
- Martin Looney (D, 11), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB345?
- On the Connecticut Legislature website: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=SB00345&which_year=2026
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