Illinois SB 212: NURSING MOTHERS IN WORKPLACE

Status: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0076 (as of 2025-08-01)

State: Illinois · Session: 104th · Bill: SB 212

Sponsors: Katie Stuart, Laura Fine, Aarón M. Ortíz, Abdelnasser Rashid, Amy Briel, Anne Stava, Anthony DeLuca, Barbara Hernandez, Camille Y. Lilly, Dagmara Avelar, Daniel Didech, Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez, Graciela Guzmán, Harry Benton, Janet Yang Rohr, Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Jennifer Sanalitro, Joyce Mason, Kelly M. Cassidy, Kimberly Du Buclet, Lilian Jiménez, Margaret Croke, Martha Deuter, Mary Beth Canty, Maurice A. West, II

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SB0212 EnrolledLRB104 02945 SPS 12961 b

1 AN ACT concerning employment.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 

3represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act is 

5amended by changing Section 10 as follows:

6 (820 ILCS 260/10)

7 Sec. 10. Break time for nursing mothers. An employer shall 

8provide reasonable break time to an employee who needs to 

9express breast milk for her nursing infant child each time the 

10employee has the need to express milk for one year after the 

11child's birth. The break time may run concurrently with any 

12break time already provided to the employee. An employer shall 

13compensate the employee during the break time at the 

14employee's regular rate of compensation. An employer shall not 

15require the employee to use paid leave during the break time or 

16reduce the employee's compensation during the break time in 

17any other manner. An employer may not reduce an employee's 

18compensation for time used for the purpose of expressing milk 

19or nursing a baby. An employer shall provide paid reasonable 

20break time as needed by the employee unless to do so would 

21create an undue hardship as defined by item (J) of Section 

222-102 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.

23(Source: P.A. 100-1003, eff. 8-21-18.)

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