Senate Bill S2444

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the right to breast feed

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S2444 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Civil Rights Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §79-e, Civ Rts L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S5798

2025-S2444 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes certain terms gender neutral in provisions regarding the right to breast feed.

2025-S2444 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S2444 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2444
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to the right to breast
   feed
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 79-e of the civil rights law, as added  by  chapter
 98 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   §  79-e.  Right to breast feed. Notwithstanding any other provision of
 law, a [mother] PERSON may breast feed [her] THEIR baby in any location,
 public or private, where the [mother] PERSON is otherwise authorized  to
 be, irrespective of whether or not the nipple of the [mother's] PERSON'S
 breast is covered during or incidental to the breast feeding.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05184-01-5

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