Connecticut SB 345: AN ACT ENSURING THAT LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FULLY COOPERATE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAW.

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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 345
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 1201

Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC
EMPLOYEES

Introduced by:
(LAB)

AN ACT CONCERNING BREASTFEEDING IN THE WORKPLACE, PRE
AND POST-SHIFT HOURS AND ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO
STUDY WORKPLACE HEAT SAFETY STANDARDS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 31-40w of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 2
(a) [Any employee may, at her discretion,] An employer shall provide 3
a reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for such 4
employee's nursing child or breastfeed on site at [her] such employee's 5
workplace [during her meal or break period] each time such employee 6
has the need to express breast milk or breastfeed. 7
(b) An employer shall make reasonable efforts to provide a room or 8
other location, in close proximity to the work area, other than a toilet 9
stall, where the employee can express [her] such employee's milk in 10
private, and provided there is no undue hardship, such room or other 11
location shall (1) be free from intrusion and shielded from the public 12
while such employee expresses breast milk, (2) include or be situated 13

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near a refrigerator or employee-provided portable cold storage device 14
in which the employee can store [her] such employee's breast milk, and 15
(3) include access to an electrical outlet. 16
(c) An employer shall not discriminate against, discipline or take any 17
adverse employment action against any employee because such 18
employee has elected to exercise [her] such employee's rights under 19
subsection (a) of this section. 20
(d) As used in this section, "employer" means a person engaged in 21
business who has one or more employees, including the state and any 22
political subdivision of the state; "employee" means any person engaged 23
in service to an employer in the business of the employer; "reasonable 24
efforts" means any effort that would not impose an undue hardship on 25
the operation of the employer's business; and "undue hardship" means 26
any action that requires significant difficulty or expense when 27
considered in relation to factors such as the size of the business, its 28
financial resources and the nature and structure of its operation. 29
Sec. 2. Subdivision (2) of section 31-76b of the general statutes is 30
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 31
1, 2026): 32
(2) (A) "Hours worked" [include] includes all time during which an 33
employee is required by the employer to be on the employer's premises 34
or to be on duty, or to be at the prescribed work place, and all time 35
during which an employee is employed or permitted to work, whether 36
or not required to do so, provided time allowed for meals shall be 37
excluded unless the employee is required or permitted to work. Such 38
time includes, but shall not be limited to, (i) the time when an employee 39
is required to wait on the premises while no work is provided by the 40
employer, and (ii) the time an employee spends in security screenings 41
required by an employer. (B) All time during which an employee is 42
required to be on call for emergency service at a location designated by 43
the employer shall be considered to be working time and shall be paid 44
for as such, whether or not the employee is actually called upon to work. 45

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(C) When an employee is subject to call for emergency service but is not 46
required to be at a location designated by the employer but is simply 47
required to keep the employer informed as to the location at which he 48
may be contacted, or when an employee is not specifically required by 49
his employer to be subject to call but is contacted by his employer or on 50
the employer's authorization directly or indirectly and assigned to duty, 51
working time shall begin when the employee is notified of his 52
assignment and shall end when the employee has completed his 53
assignment. (D) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, 54
when an individual employed by a third-party provider to provide 55
"companionship services", as defined in the regulations of the federal 56
Fair Labor Standards Act, is required to be present at a worksite for a 57
period of not less than twenty-four consecutive hours, such individual 58
and his or her employer may agree in writing to exclude a regularly 59
scheduled sleeping period of not more than eight hours from hours 60
worked, provided (i) adequate on-site sleeping facilities are furnished 61
to such individual, and (ii) such individual receives at least five hours 62
of sleep time. If the scheduled sleeping period is more than eight hours, 63
only eight hours will be excluded. If the scheduled sleeping period is 64
interrupted by an assignmen