Bill Text: NH HB1571 | 2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relative to breastfeeding.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-04-17 - Sen. Kelly Moved Laid on Table, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; Senate Journal 9 [HB1571 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2014-HB1571-Amended.html

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HB 1571-FN-LOCAL – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

19Mar2014… 0683h

2014 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 1571-FN-LOCAL

AN ACT relative to breastfeeding.

SPONSORS: Rep. Butler, Carr 7; Rep. Walz, Merr 23; Rep. Harding, Graf 13; Rep. J. Schmidt, Hills 28; Rep. Buco, Carr 2; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21

COMMITTEE: Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies the law relative to breastfeeding.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19Mar2014… 0683h

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01/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to breastfeeding.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Breastfeeding. RSA 132:10-d is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

132:10-d Breastfeeding. Breastfeeding a child does not constitute an act of indecent exposure and to restrict or limit the right of a mother to breast-feed her child is discriminatory. An individual shall be allowed to feed her child by bottle or her breast in any place open to the public. No person shall prohibit a mother from breastfeeding her child, direct a mother to move to a different location to breastfeed her child, direct a mother to cover her child while breastfeeding, or otherwise restrict a mother from breastfeeding her child.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2015.

LBAO

14-2385

Amended 03/24/14

HB 1571-FN-LOCAL FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT relative to breast-feeding.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant states this bill, as amended by the House (Amendment #2014-0683h), will have no fiscal impact on state, county, and local expenditures or revenue.

METHODOLOGY:

The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant states this bill clarifies the law relative to breastfeeding. This bill will have no fiscal impact on state, county, and local expenditures or revenue.