HF 2508 (LSB 6262HV (1) 90)

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.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 135.30A, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   135.30A  Breast-feeding and expressing breast milk in public places.
   Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a woman may breast-feed the woman’s own child, or may express breast milk, in any public place where the woman’s presence is otherwise authorized.  For the purposes of this section, “express breast milk” means to extract milk from the breast by hand or by electric or manual pump for subsequent feeding of a child.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to expressing breast milk in a public place. The bill provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in addition to a woman being authorized to breast-feed the woman’s own child, a woman may express breast milk, in any public place where the woman’s presence is otherwise authorized. The bill defines “express breast milk” for the purposes of the bill.