Bill Text: IL HB5442 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Lactation Accommodation in Airports Act. Changes the short title of the Act to the Lactation Accommodation Act. Adds provisions requiring that the organizer of an outdoor public event that is attended by 1,000 or more attendees per day must have a designated enclosed area for members of the public to express breast milk in private that includes, at a minimum, a chair and an electrical outlet and is located outside of the confines of a public restroom.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-18 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5442 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB5442-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB5442 Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
410 ILCS 140/1
410 ILCS 140/5
410 ILCS 140/10 new
Amends the Lactation Accommodation in Airports Act. Changes the short title of the Act to the Lactation Accommodation Act. Adds provisions requiring that the organizer of an outdoor public event that is attended by 1,000 or more attendees per day must have a designated enclosed area for members of the public to express breast milk in private that includes, at a minimum, a chair and an electrical outlet and is located outside of the confines of a public restroom.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Lactation Accommodation in Airports Act is
amended by changing Sections 1 and 5 and by adding Section 10
as follows:
(410 ILCS 140/1)
Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Lactation
Accommodation in Airports Act.
(Source: P.A. 99-228, eff. 1-1-16.)
(410 ILCS 140/5)
Sec. 5. Private place for nursing mothers; airports.
(a) On or before January 1, 2017, the airport manager of an
airport operated by a city, county, city and county, or
airport district that conducts commercial operations and that
has more than 1,000,000 enplanements a year shall provide a
room or other location at each airport terminal behind the
airport security screening area for members of the public to
express breast milk in private that:
(1) includes, at a minimum, a chair and an electrical
outlet; and
(2) is located outside of the confines of a public

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restroom.
(b) An airport that conducts commercial operations with
fewer than 1,000,000 enplanements a year shall comply with
subsections (a) and (c) of this Section upon new terminal
construction or the replacement, expansion, or renovation of
an existing terminal.
(c) Upon construction of a new terminal or the
replacement, expansion, or renovation of an existing terminal,
an airport shall provide a sink in any room or other location
designated to comply with this Section.
(d) As used in this Section, "renovation of an existing
terminal" means the repurposing of more than 25% of the space
in the terminal.
(Source: P.A. 99-228, eff. 1-1-16.)
(410 ILCS 140/10 new)
Sec. 10. Private place for nursing mothers; outdoor
events. The organizer of an outdoor public event that is
attended by 1,000 or more attendees per day must have a
designated enclosed area for members of the public to express
breast milk in private that:
(1) includes, at a minimum, a chair and an electrical
outlet; and
(2) is located outside of the confines of a public
restroom.