New York A 5230: Provides for lactation accommodation in public transportation facilities act

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A05230 Summary:

BILL NOA05230 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02263

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SPONSORSolages

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §361-c, Pub Auth L; amd §20, Hway L; add §2505-c, Pub Health L

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Establishes the lactation accommodation in public transportation facilities act.

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BILL NOA05230 

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02/12/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5230

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, the highway law and the
 public health law, in relation to establishing the lactation accommo-
 dation in public transportation facilities act

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "lactation accommodation in public transportation facilities act".
 3 § 2. Section 361-c of the public authorities law, as added by chapter
 4 876 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows:
 5 § 361-c. [Tourist information] Service facilities. 1. The authority
 6 shall provide tourist information services at all service areas where
 7 food is offered for sale, provided that: the department of commerce and
 8 or local and regional tourist promotion agencies shall provide the
 9 authority with ample supplies of such literature and brochures necessary
 10 for distribution to the traveling public.
 11 2. When there is construction of a new service area, or the replace-
 12 ment, expansion, or substantial renovation of an existing service area,
 13 the authority shall provide a private room for nursing mothers at all
 14 service areas where food is offered for sale. A private room for nursing
 15 mothers must meet the following conditions:
 16 (a) includes, at a minimum, a chair and an electrical outlet; and
 17 (b) is located outside the confinement of a public restroom.
 18 § 3. Section 20 of the highway law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
 19 sion 5 to read as follows:
 20 5. When there is construction of a new roadside rest area, or the
 21 replacement, expansion, or substantial renovation of an existing road-
 22 side rest area which has a restroom along New York interstate eighty-
 23 seven between exit one in the town of Guilderland and exit forty-three
 24 in the town of Champlain, commonly known as state route eighty-seven or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03553-01-5

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 1 the northway, the commissioner shall provide for a private room or area
 2 for nursing mothers. For purposes of this section, a private room for
 3 nursing mothers shall: (a) include, at a minimum, a chair and an elec-
 4 trical outlet; and (b) be located outside the confinement of a public
 5 restroom.
 6 § 4. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2505-c
 7 to read as follows:
 8 § 2505-c. Private place for nursing mothers. 1. On or before January
 9 first, two thousand twenty-six, the manager of a railroad station or bus
 10 station, consisting of an indoor waiting area with public restrooms,
 11 operated by a city, county, city and county, state, or public benefit
 12 corporation, that conducts commercial operations and that has more than
 13 five hundred thousand passengers a year, shall provide a room or other
 14 location for members of the public to express breast milk in private
 15 that meets both of the following conditions:
 16 (a) includes, at a minimum, a chair and an electrical outlet; and
 17 (b) is located outside of the confines of a public restroom.
 18 2. Upon construction of a new station that has indoor waiting areas
 19 with public restrooms or the replacement, expansion, or renovation of an
 20 existing station, a railroad or bus station shall provide a sink in any
 21 room or other location designated to comply with the provisions of this
 22 sectio