BILL NUMBER: AB 1787	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lowenthal

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2014

   An act to add Section 21668.3 to the Public Utilities Code,
relating to aviation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1787, as introduced, Lowenthal. Airports: commercial
operations: lactation accommodation.
   Existing law requires every employer to provide a reasonable
amount of break time to accommodate an employee who desires to
express breast milk for the employee's infant child. Existing federal
law requires employers to provide the employee with the use of a
room, other than a bathroom, for the employee to express breast milk,
as specified.
   This bill would require the airport manager of an airport that
conducts commercial operations to provide the use of a room or other
location, other than a toilet stall, at each airport terminal behind
airport security screening for members of the public to express
breast milk in private.
   Because a violation of this provision would be a crime, the bill
would impose a state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 21668.3 is added to the Public Utilities Code,
to read:
   21668.3.  The airport manager of an airport that conducts
commercial operations shall provide the use of a room or other
location, other than a toilet stall, at each airport terminal behind
airport security screening for members of the public to express
breast milk in private.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.