Bill > HB777

This bill modifies existing Texas law regarding public employers' responsibilities for supporting employees who need to express breast milk. Specifically, the bill removes the term "multiple user" when describing the type of space that employers must provide for breast milk expression, effectively clarifying that employers must provide a private location that is not a bathroom, shielded from view and free from intrusion by other employees or the public. The legislation maintains the existing requirement that employers provide a reasonable amount of break time for employees to express breast milk as needed. The bill will take effect on September 1, 2025, and aims to ensure that public employees have a more dignified and practical space to express breast milk during the workday. By explicitly prohibiting the use of bathrooms as designated spaces for milk expression, the bill seeks to improve workplace accommodations for nursing mothers.

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