House File 2508 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2508 BY COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 644) A BILL FOR An Act relating to expressing breast milk in public places. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 6262HV (1) 90 pf/ko

H.F. 2508 Section 1. Section 135.30A, Code 2024, is amended to read 1 as follows: 2 135.30A Breast-feeding and expressing breast milk in public 3 places. 4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 5 a woman may breast-feed the woman’s own child , or may express 6 breast milk, in any public place where the woman’s presence 7 is otherwise authorized. For the purposes of this section, 8 “express breast milk” means to extract milk from the breast by 9 hand or by electric or manual pump for subsequent feeding of a 10 child. 11 EXPLANATION 12 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 13 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 14 This bill relates to expressing breast milk in a public 15 place. The bill provides that notwithstanding any other 16 provision of law to the contrary, in addition to a woman being 17 authorized to breast-feed the woman’s own child, a woman may 18 express breast milk, in any public place where the woman’s 19 presence is otherwise authorized. The bill defines “express 20 breast milk” for the purposes of the bill. 21 -1- LSB 6262HV (1) 90 pf/ko 1/ 1